Kozuka with Outdoor Curtain with Paulownia Crests
(Japanese Military Armor)
The design is divided into two sections by a curtain hanging from a rope. The curtain is decorated with paulownia crests. Such a curtain would be used to create a tent or other enclosure at battlefields or outdoor outings by high-ranked people. This is only the decorative front plate of the kozuka.
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Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.892