Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Birds in a Spring Willow
(Japanese Military Armor)
A tree trunk is shown on the left side of this tsuba. One bird is in the branches at the top of the tree. A second bird is sitting on the trunk at the left. The second bird is depicted in a silhouette cut-out that also forms the opening for the utility knife. On the reverse is a stream and the moon.
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
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.
51.364