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Tsuba with Bamboo
1830-1894 (late Edo-Meiji)
shakudo
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
The front and back of this tsuba are plain. Bamboo is incised along the edge. The artist's signature is on the left edge, under the cut away opening for the kozuka. This is part of a mounted set.
Inscription
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 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.
51.1279.2
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