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Source Description
The menuki are in the shape of two horses and a gourd. This may be an illustration of the idiom "like a horse coming out of a gourd," which is used to describe unexpected things. The saying may have developed from stories of the Chinese immortal Chokaro (Ch. Zhang Guo [Chang Kuo]) who carried his magical mule in a gourd. A rooster is on the kashira. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
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79356
label
Tsuka with Horse, Gourd and Rooster
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object
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Source metadata
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79356
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Horse, Gourd and Rooster
description
The menuki are in the shape of two horses and a gourd. This may be an illustration of the idiom "like a horse coming out of a gourd," which is used to describe unexpected things. The saying may have developed from stories of the Chinese immortal Chokaro (Ch. Zhang Guo [Chang Kuo]) who carried his magical mule in a gourd. A rooster is on the kashira. This is part of a mounted set.
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
tsuka
sword components
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4
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4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm)
Source extras
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Japanese
inscriptions
unread text on gourd
med
dark brown lacquer, silver, gold
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6194
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JMA
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none
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