Kozuka with a Tiger by a Rock in the Rain

Description At the center of the kozuka are a striped tiger and a rock with bamboo shoots. Tigers were considered the strongest animal. Enamel on the right indicates rain. The background is designed to look like crushed silk ("chirimen").

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

Inscriptions [Signature] On Kozuka: 安親; [Translation] Yasuchika

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters