Kozuka with Spiny Lobster and Milfoil

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description A spiny lobster is depicted along with milfoil. The background is worked in fish egg pattern ("nanako-ji") and the kozuka has a raised rim.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] On kozuka: 柳川直春; [Translation] Yanagawa

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Yanagawa Naoharu (Japanese, active late 18th century) (Artist)

Period

1775-1800 (Edo)

Medium

shakudo, gold
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.732

Measurements

3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)

Geographies

Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View