Kozuka with Dancers
n.d.
shakudo, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
A circle of eleven people surround a dancer in the middle. At the left is a figure with a drum. Two more figures dance on the right. The dancers are in comic dress. The background is in a fish egg pattern ("nanako-ji"). This is only the decorative plate of the kozuka.
Inscription
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 3/4 in. (9.5 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.
51.764