Description
The trunk of a cherry tree and branches with blossoms amidst clouds are shown on this fuchi. The brief period when cherry blossoms bloom is celebrated every spring. The matching kashira is Walters 51.1103.
Provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Signature] 夏雄; [Translation] Natsuo; [Seal] 古意; [Translation] Koi; [Number] In pencil: x 28
Credit
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
