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Source Description
The kogai is decorated with three hollyhock crests ("aoi mon") on a background of fish egg pattern ("nanako-ji"). The hollyhock crest was used the by the Tokugawa family who ruled Japan between 1615 and 1867. The kogai and its matching kozuka may have been given as a gift by a Tokugawa family member. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
1911
label
Kogai with Hollyhock Crests
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
1911
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kogai with Hollyhock Crests
description
The kogai is decorated with three hollyhock crests ("aoi mon") on a background of fish egg pattern ("nanako-ji"). The hollyhock crest was used the by the Tokugawa family who ruled Japan between 1615 and 1867. The kogai and its matching kozuka may have been given as a gift by a Tokugawa family member. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
18th-19th century (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
kogai
sword components
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
gold, sentoku, shakudo
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
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84db40d2729d3be9
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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fb1fa273bf44664d
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no
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no