MAKE A MEME View Large Image Japanese - Kogai with Hollyhock Crests - Walters 5111885.jpg The kogai is decorated with three hollyhock crests aoi mon on a background of fish egg pattern nanako-ji The hollyhock crest was used the by the Tokugawa family who ruled Japan ...
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Keywords: Japanese - Kogai with Hollyhock Crests - Walters 5111885.jpg The kogai is decorated with three hollyhock crests aoi mon on a background of fish egg pattern nanako-ji The hollyhock crest was used the by the Tokugawa family who ruled Japan between 1615 and 1867 The kogai and its matching kozuka may have been given as a gift by a Tokugawa family member This is part of a mounted set century 18 19 Edo gold sentoku shakudo cm 21 4 accession number 51 1188 5 1911 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters none place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Kogai in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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