Fuchi with Lotus Flowers

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The fuchi is part of a unified composition with the koi-guchi kanagu at the end of the hilt. Together, they depict lotus blossoms and leaves. This is part of a mounted set.

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] 石黒是美; [Translation] Ishiguro Koreyoshi

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

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Creator

Ishiguro Koreyoshi (Japanese, active ca. 1832-ca. 1887) (Artist)

Period

ca. 1832-ca. 1887 (late Edo-Meiji)

Medium

silver, gold, silver gilt
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.1287.2a

Measurements

H: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)

Geographies

Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View