Kozuka with Plovers and Waves
(Japanese Military Armor)
The right side of this horizontally oriented composition ends with the curve of a wave that matches the edge of the kozuka. At the left, two plovers fly above the water. Between them is a thin crescent moon. The kozuka is signed on the reverse.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm) (l.)
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.
51.728