Kozuka with a Man Holding a Blow Pipe

Description The man on the front of the kozuka wears a straw hat. In his hands is a bamboo blow pipe used in bird hunting. On the reverse are two sparrows. The artist signed the kozuka on the back.

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

Inscriptions signature

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters