Kozuka with Carp on Bamboo

Description In the middle of the composition is a carp with a bamboo stalk through its mouth. Carp are considered felicitous because their Japanese name ("tai") is a syllable that is part of the word for "auspicious" ("medetai").

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

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters