Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Bamboo and Plum Blossoms
1817-1883 (Edo)
silver
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
The rim of this small tsuba is shaped like a stalk of bamboo. At the lower right corner is a single plum blossom. Plum blossoms, bamboo and pine are known as the Three Friends of Winter ("saikan sanyû"). This is part of a mounted set.
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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.
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 acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Nagoya (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 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.
51.1146.2
