MAKE A MEME View Large Image Japanese - Kozuka with the Celestial Shepard (Jp "Hikoboshi") - Walters 51675 - Back.jpg This kozuka depicts the Shepard Jp Hikoboshi who is separated from his lover the Weaving Maiden Jp Orihime by the Milky Way The celestial lovers meet ...
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Keywords: Japanese - Kozuka with the Celestial Shepard (Jp "Hikoboshi") - Walters 51675 - Back.jpg This kozuka depicts the Shepard Jp Hikoboshi who is separated from his lover the Weaving Maiden Jp Orihime by the Milky Way The celestial lovers meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month Their meeting is celebrated in Japan as the Tanabata festival The Shepard and the Maiden are the stars Altair and Vega The constellation containing Altair is shown on the right side of the kozuka above clouds The Shepard drives an ox in front of him Two small birds in flight are at the upper left On the reverse incised lines indicate water date shibuichi gold silver copper cm 9 6 accession number 51 675 29430 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters none Sticker - edged with a blue trellis pattern 563 place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Kozuka in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd
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