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Fuchi with Foxes
(Japanese Military Armor)
Two foxes are shown near a cluster of chrysanthemums. The one on the right holds a lit torch. This is a reference to fox-fire ("kitsune-bi"), which foxes were said to generate. The fuchi is part of a mounted set.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo)
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Mito (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1262.3A
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