Kozuka with a Spiny Lobster and a Puffer Fish

Description A large spiny lobster dominates this kozuka. Spiny lobsters symbolize longevity because they are bent like the back of an elderly human. At the lower right is a puffer fish.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 伯量; [Translation] Hakuryô

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters