Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Umabari with Waves and Clouds
(Japanese Military Armor)
A crashing wave is at the left of the composition, with two small clouds on the right. The background is worked in fish egg pattern ("nanako-ji"). Umabari were carried in place of kogai in Higo province (modern-day Kumamoto). They were used to stimulate horses. This is part of a mounted set.
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 (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1212.5
