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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Temple Landscape
(Japanese Military Armor)
At the right of the tsuba, temple buildings rise from the shore near pine trees. Towards the back and above the hole for the kogai stands a pagoda. Waves are in the foreground at the bottom. On the reverse, plovers fly over waves. This is part of a mounted set.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tsuyama (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 5/16 in. (5.8 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.
51.1230.2
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