Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuka with Man Boating
19th century (Edo, Meiji)
gold, silver, sentoku, shakudo, baleen
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
The tsuka is decorated with a metal band instead of menuki. The band shows a man pushing a boat through reeds. The full moon on the kashira and the reeds give the tsuka an autumn theme. This is part of a mounted set.
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Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion 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.
51.1260.3B