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Source Description
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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Document identity
localId
37647
label
Kozuka with Moso Holding Bamboo Shoots
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
37647
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Kozuka with Moso Holding Bamboo Shoots
description
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.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
kozuka
sword components
handles
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)
Source extras
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Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
shibuichi, gilt, copper, silver, gold
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
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none
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1
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photo
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77c4f1c82fbe0b74
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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4f9537b8776ed637
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no