Fuchi with Japanese Warrior under a Pine Tree

Description A Japanese warrior dressed in armor is shown with his back to the viewer. His head is upturned and he is pointing towards a tree on the left. The subject appears to be an illustration of a warrior narrative. This is part of a set with Walters 51.1005.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 菊岡光矩彫; [Transliteration] Kikuoka Mitsunori horu; [Translation] Carved by Kikuoka Mitsunori

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters