Kozuka with Two Fish and a Spiny Lobster

Description In the middle section of the kozuka are a catfish, a flounder, and a spiny lobster. On either side are five bands with a wood grain patterning. The end of the handle is in the shape of a lobster tail. The back of the kozuka has a wood grain pattern.

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

Inscriptions none [Sticker - edged with a blue trellis pattern] 686

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters