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Creative Commons License
Kozuka with Blossoming Plums and a Hut
(Japanese Military Armor)
In the right foreground, blooming branches of plum obscure the roof of a hut. An open gate is along the edge in the middle of the composition. Stylized clouds appear at the upper right and lower left. A long poem is inscribed on the reverse along with the artist's signature.
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Kyoto
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.669