Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kozuka with Peonies
19th century (Edo-Meiji)
silver, gold, steel
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
Like the other fittings in this set, the kozuka is decorated with large blossoming peonies. Details at the center of the flowers are in gold. Peonies are associated with summer. This is part of a mounted set.
Inscription
Provenance
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.
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, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by 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.
51.1237.3
