Helmet ("Kabuto") with Chrysanthemums

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The front plate of the helmet bowl ("hachi") takes the form of a bird beak.

Provenance Bunkio Matsuki; Bunkio Matsuki Sale, A. A. Gallery, Feb. 10, 1906, no. 177; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Makers Mark] Inscribed: Mito ju Yoshiomi

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1906

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Creator

Myochin Yoshiomi (Japanese) (Artist)

Period

1829-1860 (Edo)

Medium

iron, lacquer, and silk
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.618

Measurements

15 15/16 x 12 13/16 x 14 1/4 in. (40.5 x 32.5 x 36.2cm)

Geographies

Mito, Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Hackerman House: Fourth Floor: Japanese Arms & Armor