Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kozuka with New Year's Decorations
(Japanese Military Armor)
This kozuka is decorated with symbols of New Year's, including pine boughs. Spiny lobsters are commonly eaten at New Year's as a sign of longevity. They are associated with a long life because their tails are curved like the back of an elderly person's. This is part of a mounted set.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
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.
51.1149.4