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Kozuka with Mounted Samurai under Cherry Blossoms
(Japanese Military Armor)
A samurai rides a horse along the bottom of the kozuka. In the middle ground is a cherry tree in bloom and at the back is a structure in the mountains. This may be Sakurai, near Osaka, where the 14th-century warrior Kusunoki Masashige said goodbye to his son Masatsura before Masashige's death at the battle of Minatogawa. This is part of a mounted set.
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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 (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 8 7/16 in. (21.4 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.
51.1253.4