Umabari with Waterfall

ca. 1870 (Meiji) L: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm) Citation Source image

The handle of this umabari is designed in the shape of a waterfall with crashing water at the bottom. Umabari were carried in place of kogai in Higo province (modern-day Kumamoto). They were used to stimulate horses. This umabari is stored in the hilt along the bottom edge, ra...

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