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| Keywords: Japanese - Kozuka with a Performing Monkey - Walters 51895.jpg A man in formal dress sits on the right side of the kozuka holding a stick and a monkey on a rope The monkey holds shide paper streamers attached to a stick The pine boughs to the right of the man suggest that this scene occurs during the New Year's celebrations Trained monkey performances were a common form of amusement during the Edo period This is only the decorative front plate of the kozuka century 18 19 Edo shibuichi gold cm 9 5 accession number 51 895 13141 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters none place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Reliefs of monkeys on Japanese sword fittings Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
