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Source Description
This motif derives from seven scholars in Chinese during the 3rd century who withdrew from society. The fuchi shows four sages (one of whom is on the reverse) and a page boy. The other three sages on the kashira, Walters 51.987.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
12200
label
Fuchi with Seven Sages in a Bamboo Grove
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
12200
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Fuchi with Seven Sages in a Bamboo Grove
description
This motif derives from seven scholars in Chinese during the 3rd century who withdrew from society. The fuchi shows four sages (one of whom is on the reverse) and a page boy. The other three sages on the kashira, Walters 51.987.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1850 (late 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
inscriptions
[Signature] 木村友長刻; [Transliteration] Kimura Tomonaga kizamu; [Translation] Carved by Kimura Tomonaga
med
shibuichi, gold, copper
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5239
collection_ids
JMA
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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17f17481bb533025
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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175b2457e07b0d62
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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08dee912fe189e3d
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no
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no