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Tsuba with Fish and Waves
(Japanese Military Armor)
Several fish are depicted among turbulent waves, including a sting ray, mackerel and puffer fish. This is part of a mounted set in which the tsuba, fuchi, kozuka, and kogai are all signed by Ômori Hidetomo.
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Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Sendai
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or 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.
51.1264.2
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