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Kozuka with Cranes and Reeds
(Japanese Military Armor)
At the right of the composition, two cranes are shown in flight. Three cranes are at the center, two of whom seem to call to the airborne cranes. A cluster of reeds next to the water's edge is at the left. Reeds and cranes both indicate autumn scenes. A long poem is inscribed on the reverse.
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (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
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.716