Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Fuchi with Peasant Kneeling
19th century (late Edo)
iron, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
A peasant is shown kneeling on the ground, wearing a straw skirt. His head extends over the top edge of the fuchi. He may be bowing before the samurai depicted in the matching kashira, Walters 51.1037.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) (l.)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1036
