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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Gingko Leaf, Plum Blossom and Chrysanthemum
1558-1631 (Momoyama; early Edo)
iron, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
On the front of this tsuba, a plum blossom decorates the upper right. At the bottom is a gingko leaf. A chrysanthemum flower surrounds the central opening for the sword blade. On the reverse is the branch of a Japanese pepper tree with sanshô nuts.
Inscription
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 acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Kyoto (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 11/16 in. (6.9 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.
51.408