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Portable Writing Set (Yatate) with Rabbit Thumbnail
Portable Writing Set (Yatate) with Rabbit Thumbnail
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Portable Writing Set (Yatate) with Rabbit

Kimura Toun (Japanese) (Artist)
19th century (late Edo)
copper alloy, string, and ink

Decorated all over with conventional blooms and vine tendrils. A free-standing rabbit on lid of inkwell. Inscription in raised characters on bottom of stem.

Inscription

toun chu; [Translation] Cast by Toun

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Grande Compagnie (Kiryu Kosho Kaisha), Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1878, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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1878 Exposition Universelle. Paris.
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Edo (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Overall: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. Walters, 1878

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

54.1938

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
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410-547-9000

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