Kozuka with Autumn Flowers and Hidden Shunga Scene

mid 19th century (Edo) L: 8 9/16 in. (21.7 cm) Citation Source image

The front of the kozuka depicts six of the seven celebrated autumn flowers worked in various metals. The flowers are bush clover, mist flower, chrysanthemum, pampas grass, fringed pink flower, and Chinese bell flower. On the reverse, which would have been hidden when the kozuk...

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20678
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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