Kozuka with Seaweed and Sake Cup

Description Bound seaweed is used as a decoration and an offering during New Year's. These strips of seaweed are formally tied with paper at the bottom. A red sake cup with the character for "long life" is placed near the seaweed.

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

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters