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Tsuka with Cherry Blossoms and Wrestling Gate Guardians
ca. 1850 (late Edo)
silver, shakudo, sentoku, ray skin, baleen
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
The kashira is decorated with cherry blossoms that match the accompanying fuchi. The menuki is a playful depiction of two Buddhist temple gate guardians ("niô") arm-wrestling. This is part of a mounted set.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 4 5/16 in. (11 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.
51.1295.3B
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