Kozuka with Plum Blossoms

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description A plum tree branch with blossoms and buds decorates this kozuka. Plum blossoms are the first flower of spring. This is part of a mounted set.

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

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by Willam T. or Henry Walters

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

19th century (Edo-Meiji)

Medium

shibuichi, sentoku
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.1273.4

Measurements

L: 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View