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Konpira Daigongen is the protector of sailors and maritime trade.

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Document identity
localId
27771
label
Incense Burner Dedicated to Konpira Daigongen
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
27771
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Incense Burner Dedicated to Konpira Daigongen
description
Konpira Daigongen is the protector of sailors and maritime trade.
provenance
Heber R. Bishop Sale, American Art Association, 1906, no. 1012; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1816 (late Edo)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
incense burners
censors
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
37 3/4 in. (95.9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Transcription] Bunka ju san...; [Transcription] Ho/Osakaya Ichitsuke/Nakamuraya Tashichi/Kaneya Yashichi/no///Kochiya Matsutsuke/Kyoya Takezo/Muraya.../Tamaya Muhyakukichi/Edoya Tadashichi; Konpira Daigongen; [Translation] Fifth month of Bunka 13 (1816); [Translation] Presented by Osaka-ya Ichisuke
Nakamura-ya Tashichi
Kane-ya Yashichi
Kochi-ya Matsutsuke
Kyo-ya Takezo
Maru-ya (?)
Tama-ya Muhyakukichi
Edo-ya Tadashichi
med
cast bronze
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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0
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photo
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