Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kozuka with Taikôbô Fishing
(Japanese Military Armor)
The 12th-century Chinese sage Taikôbô (Ch. Kiang Tsze Ya) is shown sitting on a rock, fishing. Taikôbô fished without bait because he went fishing in order to have time alone with his thoughts, not to catch fish. He became a counselor to Emperor Si Peh. The background is a fish egg pattern ("nanakoji"), and the kozuka has a raised rim.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Kyoto
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
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.
51.729