Kozuka with Pine Bough and Bamboo in a Boat

Description A decorative New Year's pine bough and bamboo decoration sit in a boat at the right side of the kozuka. Stylized lines around the boat indicate water. On the reverse are three birds inscised in an inlaid strip of gold along the top and the artist's signature.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 春明法眼; [Translation] Haruaki Hôgen (kao)

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters