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Tsuka with Chrysanthemums and Heron
(Japanese Military Armor)
The tsuka is wrapped with silk cord over a base of ray skin. The menuki, held in place by the cord, are in the shape of chrysanthemum flowers. The kashira matches the fuchi mounted with the same sword. It shows a heron flying beneath a moon. 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: 6 3/16 in. (15.7 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.
51.1230.3B
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