Kozuka with Moso Holding Bamboo Shoots
(Japanese Military Armor)
Moso (Ch. Meng Zong [Meng Tsung]) was a 3rd-century Chinese paragon of filial virtue. He is wearing a straw hat and a straw coat. Over his right shoulder is a hoe and in his left hand is a bamboo shoot. Moso's mother wanted to eat bamboo shoots in the middle of the winter. They usually grow in the spring, but he went looking for them anyway. Miraculously, he found fresh bamboo shoots growing under the snow.
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Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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51.833