Figurine ("Okimono") of Takenouchi No Sukune

Description This figurine ("okimono") depicts Takenouchi No Sukune, who was the Great Imperial General of 4th Century Japan.

Exhibitions

• Centennial Exhibition Philadelphia. Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, Philadelphia. 1876.

Provenance Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876 [said to have been made especially for the Exposition in Bushell, 1899]; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Subject] Dai Nihon Tokyo Inoue Ryosai tsukuru; [Translation] Made by Inoue Ryosai, Tokyo, Great Japan

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters, 1876