Tsuba with the Four Gentlemen: Orchid, Bamboo, Plum, and Chrysanthemum

1864-ca.1885 (late Edo-Meiji)

7.6 cm 8.5 cm 0.4 cm

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The four flowers depicted on this tsuba are known as the Four Gentlemen. The theme came to Japan from China. Each flower represents a different season. On the front, bamboo represents summer and plum represents winter. On the reverse, chrysanthemums and orchids represent autum...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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