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Daruma, the First Zen Buddhist Patriarch
(Japan and Korea )
Daruma is the monk credited with founding Zen Buddhism in Japan. This netsuke (toggle) may be referencing a story, whereby Daruma, frustrated with himself because he kept falling asleep while meditating, cut off his own eyelids and threw them to the ground. The eyelids eventually grew into tea trees.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1978 | Netsuke: Miniature Sculpture of Japan. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 7/16 × W: 1 5/16 × D: 13/16 in. (3.6 × 3.3 × 2.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
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.
71.955