Iwama Nobuyoshi
Guard (tsuba) with the Warrior, Minomoto-Yoshiie on Horseback
1854-1869
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Iwama Nobuyoshi
Guard (tsuba) with the Warrior, Minomoto-Yoshiie on Horseback
1854-1869
Physical Qualities
Copper alloy (shibuichi), gold, silver, 8.8 x 8.3 cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Leroy Lipman
Object Number
1955.166.8
If falling cherry blossoms symbolized a warrior killed early
in life, these early blooms surely suggest vigor and the
promise of youth. The notched cherry blossom, quintessentially
Japanese and not included in China’s pervasive decorative
vocabulary, came to represent ephemerality.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Leroy Lipman, Baltimore
Frances Klapthor, BMA, "The Poetic Imagery of Japanese Art," February 22-August 8, 2010. (Levy Rotation)
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century," February 7- May 8, 2016.
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century," February 7- May 8, 2016.
Inscribed: Signed: shuno hogen nobuyoshi
