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Source Description
Five figures are shown dancing around the sides of the fuchi. Some dancers carry drums. Others have fans or swords. This may be a form of "manzai" dancing to celebrate the New Year. This is part of a set with Walters 51.979.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
27338
label
Fuchi with Dancing Figures
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
27338
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Fuchi with Dancing Figures
description
Five figures are shown dancing around the sides of the fuchi. Some dancers carry drums. Others have fans or swords. This may be a form of "manzai" dancing to celebrate the New Year. This is part of a set with Walters 51.979.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
fuchi
sword components
handles
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) (l.)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
RelatedObjects
4067
med
shakudo, gold, copper
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
e5cad161bcc4701e
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
8b4385417093dc89
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no