Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kozuka with a Bird on Flowering Plum Branch
1628-1708 (early Edo)
shibuichi, gold, silver, copper
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
A flowering plum branch enters the frame from the upper right and extends through the center of the piece. A brid sits on the branch at the right. The kozuka is signed on the reverse.
Inscription
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Kyoto
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)
Credit Line
Acquired by 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.
51.688