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Source Description
In middle of the kozuka is a horse tethered between two poles. A monkey is on the right. Monkeys and horses are often depicted together because monkeys were thought to keep horses calm in stables.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
40886
label
Kozuka with a Tethered Horse and a Monkey
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
40886
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kozuka with a Tethered Horse and a Monkey
description
In middle of the kozuka is a horse tethered between two poles. A monkey is on the right. Monkeys and horses are often depicted together because monkeys were thought to keep horses calm in stables.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
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
gold, shibuichi, silver
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
e9ced62d6dca7593
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
9923b679dd6d5731
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no