Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuka with Birds, Landscape and Boats
19th century (Edo)
ray skin, gold, shibuichi
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
This tsuka is undecorated except for the metalwork fittings. The kashira shows two sails from a boat unfurled. One menuki is in the shape of five geese in flight. The other shows a landscape scene with thatched roof huts. This is part of a mounted set.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
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.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 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.
51.1233.3B