Kozuka of a Chinese Man Resting Beneath a Tree

Description The man shown resting with a fan over his face is probably a Chinese scholar. He is sitting on a woven mat beneath a tree. On the reverse is a portable shrine ("mikoshi") carried during shrine festivals and five large banners around it.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] [ ][ ]o ichi[ ]

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters