Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuka with Autumn Flowers
(Japanese Military Armor)
The kashira has incised fringed pink flowers, which are one of the seven celebrated autumn plants. The menuki are in the shape of small bunches containing other autumn plants such as chrysanthemums and bush clovers. This is part of a mounted set.
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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, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 5 7/16 in. (13.8 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.
51.1270.2B