Fuchi with a Lion near a Waterfall

Description A Chinese-style lion ("karashishi") is shown on the right in copper. It is next to a waterfall on the left. Waterfalls are associated with deity Fudô Myô-ô, who is depicted on the matching kashira, Walters 51.1101.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 菊川南甫; [Translation] Kikugawa Nanpo

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters