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Source Description
The fuchi is in the shape of two crouching lions. The upper halve of the lions is on the fuchi and the lower halves are on the koi-guchi kanagu at the top of the scabbard. An inscription on the koi-guchi kanagu explicitly calls these Western lions. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
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17913
label
Fuchi with Crouching Lions
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Source metadata
id
17913
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Fuchi with Crouching Lions
description
The fuchi is in the shape of two crouching lions. The upper halve of the lions is on the fuchi and the lower halves are on the koi-guchi kanagu at the top of the scabbard. An inscription on the koi-guchi kanagu explicitly calls these Western lions. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1870 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
fuchi
sword components
handles
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3
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3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Date] 明治三庚午孟春; [Transliteration] Meiji san kanoe uma môshun; [Translation] Meiji 3 (1870)
year of the horse
1st month; [Inscription] 應井坂貞行君需; [Transliteration] ô Isaka Sadayuki shi ju; [Translation] commissioned by Mr. Izaka Sadayuki; [Signature] 水戸住 萩谷勝平; [Transliteration] Mito ju Hagiya Katsuhira; [Translation] living in Mito
Hagiya Katsuhira
med
silver, gold
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6751
collection_ids
JMA
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none
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