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Incense Burner Dedicated to Konpira Daigongen

Japanese (Artist)
1816 (late Edo)
cast bronze
(Japan and Korea )

Konpira Daigongen is the protector of sailors and maritime trade.

Inscription

[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

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.

Heber R. Bishop Sale, American Art Association, 1906, no. 1012; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

Japan, Kagawa (Place of Origin)

Measurements

37 3/4 in. (95.9 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1906

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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54.2216

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