Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with New Year's Decorations
(Japanese Military Armor)
The objects on the tsuba are part of the decoration and celebration of New Years. On the right, three rice cakes are stacked on a stand with a branch of flowering plum behind them. At the lower left are pine boughs, which symbolize longevity. On the reverse is a fish head on a stick and holly leaves. This is a decoration that was attached to door frames to ward off demons.
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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, Kagoshima
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 1/2 in. (6.4 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.
51.360