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Kozuka with Kanzan and Jittoku

Gotô Ichijô (Japanese, 1791-1876) (Artist)
1824-1862 (Edo-Meiji)
shakudo, gold, silver and copper
(Japanese Military Armor)

Kanzan (Ch. Hanshan [Hanshan]) and Jittoku (Ch. Shide [Shih Te]) are a pair of Zen eccentrics who lived at a monastery on Mt. Tendai in China during the Tang [T'ang] period (618-907). They spoke to each other in a nonsense language that no one else understood. Kanzan is always shown holding a scroll, which he is explaining to Jittoku. Jittoku carries a broom because he worked cleaning the monastery kitchen. Kanzan stands in front with his scroll and Jittoku is behind holding a bucket. His broom lays on the ground.

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[Signature] 後藤法橋一乗; [Translation] Gotô Hôkyô Ichijô

Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin) Japan, Kyoto (Place of Origin)

Measurements

3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm) (l.)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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51.686

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Baltimore, MD
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