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| Keywords: Ishiguro Masachika - Fuchi with Floral Scroll and Diamond Crests - Walters 5112472A - Back.jpg This fuchi is designed to fit next to the koi-guchi kanagu on the scabbard and the design crosses both pieces It is decorated with a floral scroll motif and a crest mon composed of diamonds This crest was used by multiple warrior clans It could have indicated the owner of the set or could have been commissioned by a member of that clan as a gift This is part of a mounted set 2nd half Other date century 19 late Edo-Meiji silver cm 4 4 2 5 0 9 accession number 51 1247 2A 30090 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquistion unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Masachika kao place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Fuchi in the Walters Art Museum Ishiguro Masachika Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
