Description
On the front of the kozuka are a large sea bream and a smaller fish surrounded by clams. On the reverse, an incised scene depicts a fishing net hanging from a tree. This is part of a mounted set.
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Date] 安政 [ ] 南呂月; [Transliteration] Ansei [ ] nanryo tsuki; [Translation] Ansei era (1854-1859), month of August; [Signature] 正壽造; [Transliteration] Masatoshi tsukuru; [Translation] made by Masatoshi
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters
