Tsuba with Insects
(Japanese Military Armor)
At the top of this tsuba is a moth with its head down towards the central opening. A cricket is at the bottom edge. On the back, a dragonfly is at the top and a fly is at the bottom. The tsuba is so small that the secondary openings for the hair pick and utility knife create a scallop on the edge.
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 1/8 in. (5.4 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.
51.409