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Tsuba with Horses and Court Attendants
(Japanese Military Armor)
On the front of this tsuba, two horses are shown tied to pine trees. Branches of the pine trees extend across the top. The horses are at the lower right. On the reverse are two court attendants near a curtain and fence rails. The fence seems to indicate the racing track from the annual horse races at Kamigamo shrine in Kyoto. The curtain would have been hung to shield high ranking spectators, such as the riders of the horses on the front.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Kyoto (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 1/2 x 2 5/16 x 1/4 in. (6.35 x 5.88 x 0.58 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.
51.328