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Source Description
The front of the kozuka depicts six of the seven celebrated autumn flowers worked in various metals. The flowers are bush clover, mist flower, chrysanthemum, pampas grass, fringed pink flower, and Chinese bell flower. On the reverse, which would have been hidden when the kozuka was sheathed in the scabbard, is an assignation scene between a gentleman and a lady in the costume of Heian period courtiers. Behind them is a koto instrument. One of the robes they have cast off is also decorated with pampas grass. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
20678
label
Kozuka with Autumn Flowers and Hidden Shunga Scene
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obj
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object
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4
Source metadata
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20678
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object
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normalized
title
Kozuka with Autumn Flowers and Hidden Shunga Scene
description
The front of the kozuka depicts six of the seven celebrated autumn flowers worked in various metals. The flowers are bush clover, mist flower, chrysanthemum, pampas grass, fringed pink flower, and Chinese bell flower. On the reverse, which would have been hidden when the kozuka was sheathed in the scabbard, is an assignation scene between a gentleman and a lady in the costume of Heian period courtiers. Behind them is a koto instrument. One of the robes they have cast off is also decorated with pampas grass. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 19th century (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Arms & Armor
kozuka
sword components
handles
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4
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4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 8 9/16 in. (21.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] [ ] [ ] 常行彫; [Transliteration] [ ] [ ] Tsuneyuki horu; [Translation] carved by Tsuneyuki
med
shibuichi, shakudo, copper, gold, sentoku
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16521
collection_ids
JMA
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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