Tsuka with Flowers

18th-19th centry (Edo) L: 4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm) Citation Source image

The kashira is decorated with pampas grass, which is one of the celebrated autumn flowers. The two menuki are in the shape of blossoming plum branches. Plum is the first tree to flower in the spring. This is part of a mounted set.

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