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Tsuka with Autumn Flowers
(Japanese Military Armor)
The kashira is decorated with chrysanthemums and arrowroot. A metal band around the tsuka depicts fringed pink flowers. Two medallions, in place of the menuki, show chrysanthemums and butterflies. This is part of a mounted set in which all pieces are decorated with autumn flowers and signed by Ishiguro Masatsune.
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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, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 6 3/16 in. (15.7 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.
51.1258.3B