Kozuka with Monkeys and Persimmons

Description A group of three monkeys are depicted sitting together. The middle monkey wears a jacket fashioned in gold. Two monkeys hold persimmons, which were said to be the monkey's favorite fruit. This is part of a mounted set.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 菊川吉次; [Translation] Kikugawa Yoshitsugu

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters