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Source Description
The horse at the upper left is emerging from the gourd at the lower right. This is 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. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
79647
label
Kozuka with Mule Emerging from Gourd
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
79647
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kozuka with Mule Emerging from Gourd
description
The horse at the upper left is emerging from the gourd at the lower right. This is 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. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1850 (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Arms & Armor
kozuka
sword components
handles
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Inscription] Unread; [Signature] 藤義敬彫; [Transliteration] Fuji Yoshiyuki horu; [Translation] Carved by Fuji Yoshiyuki
med
silver, gold, brass
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4945
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JMA
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none
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1
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photo
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8ba1832949791c55
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no
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no
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photo
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c3b50f0bffec6afe
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no
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3
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photo
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no
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no