Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kogai with Bird and Reeds
(Japanese Military Armor)
At the right of the composition, a black bird in flight looks back at a group of reeds on the left. Small drifts of snow on top of the reeds indicate that the season is winter. This is part of a mounted set.
Inscription
Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Aizu
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Niigata (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1183.4