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Tsuba with Rooster, Hen and Chicks
(Japanese Military Armor)
A large rooster is depicted on the right side of this tsuba, guarding over three chicks on the lower left. A roosting hen is shown on the back. Roosters are frequently depicted in the Japanese bird and flower genre. While they have the same association with the dawn that they have in the West, they are not associated with agriculture.
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in. (7.3 x 6.96 x 0.5 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.
51.269