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Source Description
The plum tree branches depicted on the fuchi form part of a larger composition with the matching koi-guchi kanagu on the scabbard. Plums are the first flower to blossom in the spring. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
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40812
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Fuchi with Plum Tree Branches
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Source metadata
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40812
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title
Fuchi with Plum Tree Branches
description
The plum tree branches depicted on the fuchi form part of a larger composition with the matching koi-guchi kanagu on the scabbard. Plums are the first flower to blossom in the spring. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
18th-19th century (Edo)
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
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H: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] 加藤十か七張る / 井上元長作; [Transliteration] Kato Jûkashichi haru / Inoue Motonaga saku; [Translation] Designed by Kato Jûkashichi / made by Inoue Motonaga
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gold
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3673
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JMA
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none
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