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Tsuka with Rooster, Chicken, and Hollyhock
(Japanese Military Armor)
The tsuka is wrapped with a white silk cord that holds in place the two menuki. One menuki is in the shape of a rooster and the other is in the shape of a chicken. The hollyhock kashira matches the fuchi mounted on the same sword. This is part of a mounted set.
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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)
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 8 7/16 in. (21.4 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.
51.1259.3B
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