Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Autumn Flora
(Japanese Military Armor)
This tsuba combines five of the celebrated flowers of autumn. The uppermost stalk on the right is pampas grass. Below that are maiden flowers, arrowroot and Chinese bell flowers. A tendril of bush clover crosses along the bottom on the tsuba. These flowers and grasses were regularly invoked in Japanese poetry and painting to signify autumn.
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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, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 5/8 × W: 3 7/16 × D: 3/8 in. (9.2 × 8.8 × 0.9 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.
51.309