Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with a Chinese Immortal
(Japanese Military Armor)
The face of a Chinese immortal appears at the lower right of this tsuba. He wears a cloth covering on his head and carries a fly whisk. The background of the tsuba is iron with a wood grain appearance. The body was probably made by Munesada and the decoration added by Noriyuki.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2007-2008 | Déjà Vu? Recurrence. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Japan, Kyoto
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 1/8 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in. (7.9 x 7.54 x 0.46 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.
51.267