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Source Description
This fuchi is decorated with the autumn motif of herons and reeds. The background is a fish egg pattern ("nanako-ji"). The matching kashira is Walters 51.1107.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
23183
label
Fuchi with Herons and Reeds
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
23183
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Fuchi with Herons and Reeds
description
This fuchi is decorated with the autumn motif of herons and reeds. The background is a fish egg pattern ("nanako-ji"). The matching kashira is Walters 51.1107.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1760-1828 (Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
fuchi
sword components
handles
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) (l.)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Ishiguro School
inscriptions
[Signature] 石黒政常; [Translation] Ishiguro Masatsune; [Number] In pencil: 809
RelatedObjects
12707
med
shibuichi, gold, silver
creator_ids
2262
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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c9e4a968efae20de
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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39d58c1709dbc038
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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58aa4933be9d94d1
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no