Description
Konpira Daigongen is the protector of sailors and maritime trade.
Provenance
Heber R. Bishop Sale, American Art Association, 1906, no. 1012; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Transcription] Bunka ju san...; [Transcription] Ho/Osakaya Ichitsuke/Nakamuraya Tashichi/Kaneya Yashichi/no///Kochiya Matsutsuke/Kyoya Takezo/Muraya.../Tamaya Muhyakukichi/Edoya Tadashichi; Konpira Daigongen; [Translation] Fifth month of Bunka 13 (1816); [Translation] Presented by Osaka-ya Ichisuke, Nakamura-ya Tashichi, Kane-ya Yashichi, Kochi-ya Matsutsuke, Kyo-ya Takezo, Maru-ya (?), Tama-ya Muhyakukichi, Edo-ya Tadashichi
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1906
