Kozuka with Mountain Ascetics' Implements

Description These objects are associated with mountain ascetic known as "yamabushi." On the left is a shakujô staff. The loose rings on the staff would jingle as the monk walked. In the middle is a straw hat. On the right is a form of sash worn by yamabushi known as a "yuigesa." The reverse of the kozuka is gold.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 後藤光佀; [Tranlsation] Gotô Mitsutomo

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters