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| Keywords: Tanaka Kiyoshige - Kozuka with a Monkey with a Battledore - Walters 51642.jpg At the bottom of the kozuka a monkey stands looking upwards The monkey holds a battledore which is used during New Year's celebrations to play a traditional game A gourd is strapped to the monkey's back The reverse is decorated with a gold pattern that resembles a special paper used for poems called tanzaku The motif on the reverse is shochiku which is used to indicate the New Year It consists of black inlayed bamboo incised pine boughs and two small plum blossoms The upper flower is inlayed in mother of pearl and gold The lower flower is in gold 1848 shakudo gold copper cm 9 6 accession number 51 642 16984 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Date Kaei gen tsuchinoe saru tôgetsu; Signature Hokkyô Kiyoshige kao ; Translation 1848 year of the monkey third month Hokkyô Kiyoshige place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Shiba Japan Walters Art Museum license Kozuka in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Tanaka Kiyoshige Reliefs of monkeys on Japanese sword fittings | ||||
