Kozuka with a Flowering Plum Branch

Description In the middle of the kozuka is a plum branch made of copper with several blossoms. Plums are the first flower to bloom in the spring. The background is made in the fish egg pattern ("nananko-ji") and the entire kozuka is surrounding with a raised rim.

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

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters