Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kozuka with Cherry Blossoms
late 18th-early 19th century (late Edo)
iron, silver
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
The kozuka is decorated with a profusion of overlapping cherry blossoms. This is part of a mounted set in which most pieces are signed by Okamoto Tomokata.
Inscription
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Hagi (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
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.
51.1266.4