Kozuka with a Cormorant on a Boat

Description A cormorant is depicted perched on the prow of an unmanned boat. Cormorants were used for fishing in some rivers. Stylized lines around the boat indicate water. The artist's signature is on the edge of the kozuka.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 春明法眼作; [Translation] Haruaki Hogen saku

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters