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| Keywords: Aoki Harutsura - Kozuka with a Horse and Show Monkey - Walters 51634 - Mark A.jpg Images pairing horses and monkeys are common because monkeys were believed to keep horses calm within a stable Monkeys are often shown as grooms for horses On this kozuka a horse is shown galloping across the front On the reverse a framed inset depicts a monkey tied to a poll The artist's signature is within this inset which contributes to its resemblance to a painting The background of the kozuka is worked in a fish egg nanako pattern between 1805 1858 late Edo nigurome gold silver cm 9 6 l accession number 51 634 2072 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Ao Harutsura place of origin Kyoto Japan Walters Art Museum license Kozuka in the Walters Art Museum Aoki Harutsura Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Reliefs of monkeys on Japanese sword fittings | ||||
