Artist
Kano Natsuo (1828–1898) wikidata:Q23940700
Title
Tsuba with a Carp Leaping Out of Water
Description
English: On the right side of this tsuba, a carp is shown leaping from the water. Its body arches to the left, following the curve of the tsuba’s edge. At the upper left is a wasp that may be the carp’s prey. At the bottom, waves show where the carp exited the water. On the reverse are water and lily pads.
Date 1860 (late Edo)
Medium iron, gold, copper
Dimensions 10.2 cm (4 in)
Collection
Walters Art Museum wikidata:Q210081
Accession number
51.397
Place of creation Edo (present-day Tokyo, Japan)
Object history

Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters

Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Inscriptions [Date] Manen ka-no-e saru aki saku; [Signature] Natsuo (seal); [Translation] Made in the autumn of the [first year] of Manen (1860), the year of the Monkey/Natsuo