Kano Natsuo (1828–1898) wikidata:Q23940700
Title
Tsuba with a Carp
Description
English: A carp is depicted swimming along the lower right edge of this tsuba. Carps are felicitous symbols and are associated with some of the Shinto gods. The reverse of the tsuba shows a lily pond.
Date between 1848 and 1898 (late Edo-Meiji)
Medium iron, gold, silver
Dimensions 7.9 × 7.2 × 0.5 cm (3.1 × 2.8 × 0.2 in)
Collection
Walters Art Museum wikidata:Q210081
Accession number
51.248
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 [Signature] Natsuo (kao)