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Fish-Basket Kannon
This manifestation of Avalokiteshvara in Japan is known as Fish-Basket Kannon and intentionally gendered female. She is associated with a Chinese legend in which the bodhisattva appeared in the guise of a beautiful young woman carrying a basket of fish in order to teach Buddhism to the men in a fishing village.
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Geographies
Edo
(Place of Origin)
Mito in Hitachi province (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 3/4 × W: 3 13/16 × D: 2 11/16 in. (14.6 × 9.7 × 6.8 cm)
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.1135