Kozuka with Noble Man with Chinese Poem

Description Conservation Provenance Inscription Credit

Description A noble sits at the bottom of the kozuka, leaning against an arm rest. His left side wraps around the kozuka to the reverse. A poem is inscribed above him.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
4/18/1962	Treatment	cleaned

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 一柳光善; [Translation] Ichiryû Mitsuyoshi (kao)

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Ichiryû Mitsuyoshi (Japanese, late 18th-early 19th century) (Artist)

Period

late 18th-early 19th century (late Edo)

Medium

shibuichi, gold
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.826

Measurements

L: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)

Geographies

Japan, Mito (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View