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Kashira with Autumn Flowers
(Japanese Military Armor)
The kashira is decorated with pampas grass, morning glories, arrowroot, and maiden flowers. These are four of the seven autumn grasses that were celebrated in ancient Japanese poetry. The other three on the matching fuchi, Walters 51.1062.
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Provenance
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.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm) (l.)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or 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.
51.1063
