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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with a "Ja-kago" (Gabion) and Reeds
(Japanese Military Armor)
This autumn theme shows seasonal plants alongside a bamboo basket filled with stones under a full moon. Baskets of this type were used for erosion control along river banks, so the image also invokes water. The reverse side continues the botanical theme. Autumn is the traditional season of moon viewing, and this tsuba evokes the quiet of an autumn night.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Wakayama (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 3/8 x W: 3 1/4 in. (8.5 x 8.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.91