Description
This kozuka is decorated with a pheasant shown near bamboo. Pheasants are emblematic of spring. The rim and reverse are gold.
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Signature] 後藤方乗; [Translation] Gotô Hôjô
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters