Kozuka with the Celestial Shepard (Jp. ""Hikoboshi"")

n.d. 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.) Citation Source image

This kozuka depicts the Shepard (Jp. "Hikoboshi") who is separated from his lover, the Weaving Maiden (Jp. "Orihime") by the Milky Way. The celestial lovers meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. Their meeting is celebrated in Japan as the Tanabata fes...

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29430
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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