Kozuka with Cherry Blossoms, Moon and Poem

Description Two cherry blossoms and a number of petals decorate the lower edge of the kozuka. Clouds are along the upper border. A full moon obsecured is on the reverse, along with a poem on a piece of tanzaku paper. Cherry blossoms are a symbol of spring and a popular decorative motif.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 喜寿翁　法眼一乘作; [Translation] Kijuô Hôgen Ichijô saku

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters