Kozuka with Three Flower Clusters

Description A cartouche is inset into the kozuka. Within the cartouche are three clusters of autumn flowers. The first contains fringed pink and pampas grass. The second is made of maiden flower and Chinese bellflower. The third contains mist flowers and chrysanthemums. The background of the cartouche has a fish egg pattern ("nanako-ji").

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

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters