Kogai with Floral Scroll and Diamond Crests

Description The kogai is decorated with a diamond crest ("mon") and a floral scroll pattern. This crest was used by multiple warrior clans. It could have indicated the owner of the set or could have been commissioned by a member of that clan as a gift. This is part of a mounted set.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] 石黒政近; [Translation] Ishiguro Masachika (kao)

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters