Kozuka with Boy Standing on an Ox Trying to Catch a Cicada

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The background of the kozuka resembles the trunk of a pine tree. At the base of the tree, a boy stands on the back of a seated ox. With a long stick, he is trying to reach a cicada in the tree.

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

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Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Hamano Noriyuki II (Japanese, 1771-1852) (Artist)

Period

1796-1852 (late Edo)

Medium

nigurome (?), gold
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.769

Measurements

3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)

Geographies

Edo (present-day Tokyo, Japan) (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View