Kashira with the Chinese Emperor Gentoku

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description Gentoku (Ch. Liu Bei [Liu Pei]) (161-223) was the first emperor of the Kingdom of Shu at the beginning of the Chinese Three Kingdoms period. His rise to power is one of the subjects of the 14th-century novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms." This is part of a set with Walters 51.1068.

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

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

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Creator

Hamano Naohide (Japanese, active ca. 1825) (Artist)

Period

1st half 19th century (late Edo)

Medium

shibuichi, nigurome (?), gold, silver
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.1069

Measurements

1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm) (l.)

Geographies

Japan, Takata (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View