Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kozuka with Cranes and Reeds
1813-1891 (late Edo-Meiji)
iron, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
Two cranes are shown in flight. Below them are reeds on a river bank. The decoration at the end of the kozuka forms the bank. The artist signed the kozuka on the reverse.
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Kyoto (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.855