Hand Guard (tsuba) Decorated with Plum Blossoms and Moon
1844
Physical Qualities
Shibuichi. gold, silver, Overall: 2 1/8 × 1 13/16 × 3/16 in. (5.4 × 4.6 × 0.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Pierre E. Berry, Baltimore
Object Number
2010.82
The face is decorated with the full silver moon at the upper right, its edge folded over the side edge, above a branch of flowering plum, it's silvery blossoms glowing in the moonlight. The back is decorated with another branch of flowering plum below a cloudy night sky.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2010; Pierre E. Berry, Baltimore, purchased in Kyoto c. 1945
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century," February 7-May 8, 2016.
Frances Klapthor, "The Way of Nature: Art from Japan, China, and Korea," Baltimore Museum of Art, September 21, 2025-March 1, 2026
Frances Klapthor, "The Way of Nature: Art from Japan, China, and Korea," Baltimore Museum of Art, September 21, 2025-March 1, 2026
