Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kozuka with a Cricket and a Fan
ca. 1850 (late Edo-Meiji)
shibuichi, copper, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
A large cricket is on the right of the composition. To the left is a fan. The characters on the fan are the start of a famous poem that uses all the sounds in the Japanese syllabary. The artist signed the kozuka on the reverse.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)
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.
51.705