Tsuba with a Tea-leaf Harvester Caught in a Rainstorm
(Japanese Military Armor)
Flying through the sky at the top of this tsuba is a dragon. At the bottom, a man with a basket, a kettle and a sickle runs through rain at the water's edge. Rain is depicted through incised lines. On the reverse, rain is shown at the upper left with a hint of landscape at the bottom. This may be a reference to a legendary story.
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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 (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 1/4 x 3 x 3/16 in. (8.28 x 7.68 x 0.4 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.
51.313