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| Keywords: Kanpo - Kozuka with a Fan, Medicine Box, Tabacco Pouch, and Netsuke - Walters 51697 - Mark A.jpg This kozuka is surrounded with a raised rim and the background Inside this frame are objects typically carried by men during the Edo period At the right is a fan made of tortoise shell and ivory Next to that in a medicine box inro which was used to carry other small objects in addition medicine Beside the medicine box is a tobacco pouch Both of these objects are attached to a gourd shaped netsuke made of coral The netsuke served as a counterweight to attach the medicine box and the tobacco pouch to the belt of a kimono The kozuka is signed on the back century 19 Edo-Meiji shakudo gold copper coral tortoise shell ivory cm 9 5 accession number 51 697 22240 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Jitokusai Kanpo place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Kanpo Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
