Keywords: Uchikoshi Hirotoshi - Fuchi with Foxes - Walters 5112623A - Back.jpg Two foxes are shown near a cluster of chrysanthemums The one on the right holds a lit torch This is a reference to fox-fire kitsune-bi which foxes were said to generate The fuchi is part of a mounted set between 1800 1825 late Edo copper gold shakudo cm 3 7 accession number 51 1262 3A 29615 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Jounsai Hirotoshi kao place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Uchikoshi Hirotoshi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |