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Source Description
At the center of the kozuka are a striped tiger and a rock with bamboo shoots. Tigers were considered the strongest animal. Enamel on the right indicates rain. The background is designed to look like crushed silk ("chirimen").
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Document identity
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5907
label
Kozuka with a Tiger by a Rock in the Rain
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title
Kozuka with a Tiger by a Rock in the Rain
description
At the center of the kozuka are a striped tiger and a rock with bamboo shoots. Tigers were considered the strongest animal. Enamel on the right indicates rain. The background is designed to look like crushed silk ("chirimen").
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1670-1744 (Edo)
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
kozuka
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3
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3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)
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Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] On Kozuka: 安親; [Translation] Yasuchika
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shakudo, gold
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7158
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JMA
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none
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