Kozuka with Heian Period Courtier

Description At the left, a Heian period courtier is shown leaning again an armrest. At the right is a curtain. Women in the Heian period were separated from men by means of curtains or blinds, so this curtain implies the presence of a woman behind it. The gold clouds along the top mimic clouds in illustrated handscrolls.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 東仏斎　光政造; [Translation] Tosensai Mitsumasa tsukuru

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters