Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kogai with Fish and Waves
1742-1807 (late Edo)
silver, gold, copper, shakudo
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
Two fish are depicted swimming in rough waves. This is part of a mounted set in which the tsuba, fuchi, kozuka, and kogai are all signed by Ômori Hidetomo.
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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, Sendai
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 8 11/16 in. (22 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.
51.1264.5
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