Tsuka with Chrysanthemums and Heron
The tsuka is wrapped with silk cord over a base of ray skin. The menuki, held in place by the cord, are in the shape of chrysanthemum flowers. The kashira matches the fuchi mounted with the same sword. It shows a heron flying beneath a moon. This is part of a mounted set.
Images (3)
Artifact
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79198
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object
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normalized
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provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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3
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import
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1230.3B |
Terms
Culture
Japanese