Kozuka with Mt. Fuji
(Japanese Military Armor)
Mt. Fuji is executed in silver, with clouds at the lower right. Mt. Fuji is the most sacred mountain in Japan. It has long been an important site for pilgrimage and is still a popular tourist destination. On the reverse is a poem by the Japanese Confusian scholar Ogyû Sorai (1666-1728).
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
1984 | The Taste of Maryland: Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
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4/18/1984 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 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.
51.844