Keywords: Japanese - Kozuka with Nine Flying Cranes - Walters 51762 - Back.jpg The front of the kozuka is decorated with nine copper alloy silver and gold cranes in flight The background is in a fish egg pattern nanako-ji Cranes are a symbol of longevity and an auspicious motif This is only the decorative front plate date shakudo gold copper cm 9 5 accession number 51 762 14963 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 Kozuka in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |