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Source Description
This kozuka depicts a firefly and a frog. Between them are stylized lines representing a stream. The artist signed the kozuka in a gold inset on the reverse.
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Document identity
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23547
label
Kozuka with a Firefly and a Frog by a Stream
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Source metadata
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23547
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object
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normalized
title
Kozuka with a Firefly and a Frog by a Stream
description
This kozuka depicts a firefly and a frog. Between them are stylized lines representing a stream. The artist signed the kozuka in a gold inset on the reverse.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1529-1620 (early Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Arms & Armor
kozuka
sword components
handles
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3
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3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Goto School
inscriptions
[Signature] 後藤光乗; [Translation] Gotô Kôjô [kao]
med
shakudo, copper, gold
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2481
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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photo
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2
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photo
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3
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photo
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