Keywords: Hashimoto Isshi I - Tsuba with a Spider on a Gourd Vine Trellis - Walters 51332 - Back.jpg In the upper right of this tsuba is a trellis upon which a gourd vine is depicted One gourd hangs down from the trellis near the central opening of the tsuba At the far right a spider hangs from a thread On the reverse a spider web is at the upper left A blossoming vine on a trellis is on the left 1866 late Edo iron gold copper shakudo cm 8 4 7 84 0 45 accession number 51 332 37287 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Date KeiƓ ni aki /kore saku; Translation This was made in autumn of the second year of Keio 1866 ; Signature /Hashimoto Isshi kao place of origin Kyoto Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Hashimoto Isshi I Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |