Kozuka with Pigeons on a Shrine Gate (""Torii"")

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

This kozuka shows the very top of a shrine gateway called a "torii." Two pigeons, one in gold and one in shibuichi, are perched on the upper crossbar.

Artifact

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9096
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object
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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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2
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