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Kozuka with a Fan, Medicine Box, Tabacco Pouch, and Netsuke
(Japanese Military Armor)
This kozuka is surrounded with a raised rim and the background. Inside this frame are objects typically carried by men during the Edo period. At the right is a fan made of tortoise shell and ivory. Next to that in a medicine box ("inro"), which was used to carry other small objects in addition medicine. Beside the medicine box is a tobacco pouch. Both of these objects are attached to a gourd shaped netsuke made of coral. The netsuke served as a counterweight to attach the medicine box and the tobacco pouch to the belt of a kimono. The kozuka is signed on the back.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
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.
51.697