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| Keywords: Ishiguro Masayoshi I - Tsuba with Autumn Flora - Walters 51309.jpg This tsuba combines five of the celebrated flowers of autumn The uppermost stalk on the right is pampas grass Below that are maiden flowers arrowroot and Chinese bell flowers A tendril of bush clover crosses along the bottom on the tsuba These flowers and grasses were regularly invoked in Japanese poetry and painting to signify autumn 1824 late Edo shakudo gold alloy gold shibuichi and copper cm 6 6 accession number 51 309 35619 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Jugakusai Ishiguro Masayoshi kore o horu; Translation Engraved by Jugakusai Ishiguro Masayoshi; Date Bunsei shichi saru shu kore o zo; Translation Made in the autumn of the year of the monkey seventh year of Bunsei 1824 place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Ishiguro Masayoshi I Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
