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Source Description
A wicker backpack is shown sitting on a small mound covered in ivy. This is a reference to an episode in the 9th chapter of the Tales of Ise, a 10th-century collection of stories. The hero, Ariwara no Narihira (825-880) was exiled from Kyoto. While wandering through Japan with two companions, he met a traveling monk in the area of modern day Shizuoka. The monk was wearing a pack like the one depicted here and the road was covered with ivy. Narihira asked the monk to take a letter back to the capital for him. The episode is sometimes called the Narrow Ivy Way.
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Document identity
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32939
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Kozuka with A Traveling Case and Ivy (""Tales of Ise"")
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Source metadata
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32939
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title
Kozuka with A Traveling Case and Ivy (""Tales of Ise"")
description
A wicker backpack is shown sitting on a small mound covered in ivy. This is a reference to an episode in the 9th chapter of the Tales of Ise, a 10th-century collection of stories. The hero, Ariwara no Narihira (825-880) was exiled from Kyoto. While wandering through Japan with two companions, he met a traveling monk in the area of modern day Shizuoka. The monk was wearing a pack like the one depicted here and the road was covered with ivy. Narihira asked the monk to take a letter back to the capital for him. The episode is sometimes called the Narrow Ivy Way.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (Edo-Meiji)
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
kozuka
sword components
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2
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2
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import
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3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)
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Japanese
inscriptions
none
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shakudo, shibuichi, copper, silver, and gold
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6194
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JMA
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170
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1
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photo
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2
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photo
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