Daruma, the First Zen Buddhist Patriarch

early 19th century (Edo period (1603–1868))

3.3 cm 3.6 cm 2.1 cm

Citation Source image

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 eventua...

Artifact

id
id
25131
contentType
contentType
object
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
pageCount
pageCount
1
source
source
import
Source image fields (5)
thumbnailUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_71.955_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg
largeImageUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_71.955_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg
iiifBase https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_71.955_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg
imageCount 1
sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.955