Kozuka with Fan and Chrysanthemums

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description Chrysanthemums are depicted along with an open fan. Chrysanthemums are a symbol of autumn.

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

Inscriptions [Inscription] 紋程乗; [Transliteration] Mon Teijô; [Translation] Design by Teijô; [Signature] 光晃; [Translation] Mitsuaki

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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1816-1856 (late Edo)

shakudo, copper
(Arms & Armor)

51.871

L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)