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Source Description
This kozuka is unusual because it is made of wood and elaborately polychromed. At the lower left, stylized lines indicate water. Just above the water is a kingfisher perched on reeds. The reeds extend through the right side of the composition.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
37592
label
Kozuka with a Kingfisher on Reeds
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
37592
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kozuka with a Kingfisher on Reeds
description
This kozuka is unusual because it is made of wood and elaborately polychromed. At the lower left, stylized lines indicate water. Just above the water is a kingfisher perched on reeds. The reeds extend through the right side of the composition.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
kozuka
sword components
handles
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
wood, black lacquer, gold, copper, bone, shell
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
d3ef1a0220708dbe
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
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fdfe676c72799d01
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no
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no