Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with a Heron under a Winter Willow
(Japanese Military Armor)
A heron is depicted on the right side of the tsuba standing in water. It is looking at a fish shown along the bottom edge. The branch of a tree arches over the top of the tsuba. On the reverse is a tree by a body of water. The edges of the tsuba are decorated with scattered gold flakes.
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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, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.368