Description
At the bottom of the kozuka is a crane looking up to the sky. Clouds are at the upper edge of the kozuka. Cranes are symbols of longevity and an auspicious motif.
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Signature] On kozuka: 含翠軒 武則; [Translation] Gansuiken Takenori