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Source Description
Kanzan (Ch. Hanshan [Hanshan]) and Jittoku (Ch. Shide [Shih Te]) are a pair of Zen eccentrics who lived at a monastery on Mt. Tendai in China during the Tang [T'ang] period (618-907). They spoke to each other in a nonsense language that no one else understood. Kanzan is always shown holding a scroll, which he is explaining to Jittoku. Here, Kanzan is on the right edge of the tsuba. Jittoku is sleeping at the bottom. Jittoku worked in the kitchen of the monastery and is usually shown with his broom. The broom is depicted on the reverse of the tsuba near the bottom. On the front, a moon is in the upper left.
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Document identity
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14234
label
Tsuba with Popular Zen Hermits Kanzan and Jittoku
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obj
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object
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2
Source metadata
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14234
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object
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normalized
title
Tsuba with Popular Zen Hermits Kanzan and Jittoku
description
Kanzan (Ch. Hanshan [Hanshan]) and Jittoku (Ch. Shide [Shih Te]) are a pair of Zen eccentrics who lived at a monastery on Mt. Tendai in China during the Tang [T'ang] period (618-907). They spoke to each other in a nonsense language that no one else understood. Kanzan is always shown holding a scroll, which he is explaining to Jittoku. Here, Kanzan is on the right edge of the tsuba. Jittoku is sleeping at the bottom. Jittoku worked in the kitchen of the monastery and is usually shown with his broom. The broom is depicted on the reverse of the tsuba near the bottom. On the front, a moon is in the upper left.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (Edo period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.4
height
5.8
depth
0.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 1/2 × W: 2 5/16 × D: 3/16 in. (6.4 × 5.8 × 0.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
dynasty
Edo period
med
silver, gold, copper, gold-copper alloy, silver-copper alloy
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6194
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JMA
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none
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1
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photo
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0b4a28a06049994c
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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09a08c11bf420d99
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no
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no