Keywords: Unno Yoshimori I - Tsuba with Phoenixes in a Paulownia Tree - Walters 51212 - Back.jpg Two phoenixes sit on the right side of this tsuba Branches of the paulownia tree fill the top and bottom of the tsuba The flowers of the tree are highlighted in gold On the reverse of the tsuba paulownia branchs are along the bottom and left sides Paulownia wood is prized for making household objects such as chests and trays It is know as the phoenix tree because it can re-grow from a stump between 1785 1862 late Edo shakudo gold and silver alloy cm 7 7 accession number 51 212 14025 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Place and Signature Inscribed Suifuju/Unno Yoshimori place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Unno Yoshimori I Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |