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Source Description
A large cricket is on the right of the composition. To the left is a fan. The characters on the fan are the start of a famous poem that uses all the sounds in the Japanese syllabary. The artist signed the kozuka on the reverse.
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Document identity
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34210
label
Kozuka with a Cricket and a Fan
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Source metadata
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34210
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object
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normalized
title
Kozuka with a Cricket and a Fan
description
A large cricket is on the right of the composition. To the left is a fan. The characters on the fan are the start of a famous poem that uses all the sounds in the Japanese syllabary. The artist signed the kozuka on the reverse.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1850 (late Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
kozuka
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3
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3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)
Source extras
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Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 柳北春親; [Translation] Ryûhoku Haruchika
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shibuichi, copper, gold
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6123
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JMA
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none
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photo
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photo
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