Ask the Scholar
Page 2 of 3
I can add historical knowledge about this page.
Page image
Document source description
The gourd at the bottom of the composition frames the figures of the immortal Chokaro (Ch. Zhang Guo [Chang Kuo]) and a boy attendant. They are looking up towards the top of the gourd where Chokaro's magic mule is being released. The mule lived in the gourd until Chokaro needed it. It could carry Chokaro for thousands of miles and did not need to be fed. The artist signed the kozuka on the reverse in part of the gourd cartouche that wraps around to the back.
Page data
- Page
- 2
- Source index
- 0
- Type
- photo
- Media ID
- a5397e8d072c121b
- Size
- unknown
Document data
- ID
- 22636
- Core
- obj
- Type
- object
DTO data
{
"id": "22636",
"sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.712",
"contentType": "object",
"stage": "normalized",
"title": "Kozuka with Chokaro Summoning a Mule from a Gourd",
"description": "The gourd at the bottom of the composition frames the figures of the immortal Chokaro (Ch. Zhang Guo [Chang Kuo]) and a boy attendant. They are looking up towards the top of the gourd where Chokaro's magic mule is being released. The mule lived in the gourd until Chokaro needed it. It could carry Chokaro for thousands of miles and did not need to be fed. The artist signed the kozuka on the reverse in part of the gourd cartouche that wraps around to the back.",
"provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
"date": "1670-1733 (Edo)",
"citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.712",
"rightsUri": "CC0",
"language": "en",
"genreSpecific": [
"Arms & Armor",
"kozuka",
"sword components",
"handles"
],
"iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.712_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.712_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.712_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
"imageCount": 3,
"pageCount": 3,
"source": "import",
"dimensionsRaw": "3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)"
}
Context sent to Scholar
Document identity
{
"localId": "22636",
"label": "Kozuka with Chokaro Summoning a Mule from a Gourd",
"core": "obj",
"dtoType": "object",
"citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.712"
}
Document source metadata
{
"id": "22636",
"sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.712",
"contentType": "object",
"stage": "normalized",
"title": "Kozuka with Chokaro Summoning a Mule from a Gourd",
"description": "The gourd at the bottom of the composition frames the figures of the immortal Chokaro (Ch. Zhang Guo [Chang Kuo]) and a boy attendant. They are looking up towards the top of the gourd where Chokaro's magic mule is being released. The mule lived in the gourd until Chokaro needed it. It could carry Chokaro for thousands of miles and did not need to be fed. The artist signed the kozuka on the reverse in part of the gourd cartouche that wraps around to the back.",
"provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
"date": "1670-1733 (Edo)",
"citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.712",
"rightsUri": "CC0",
"language": "en",
"genreSpecific": [
"Arms & Armor",
"kozuka",
"sword components",
"handles"
],
"iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.712_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.712_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.712_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
"imageCount": 3,
"pageCount": 3,
"source": "import",
"dimensionsRaw": "3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)"
}
Document source extras
{
"cul": "Japanese",
"inscriptions": "[Signature] 宗珉; [Translation] Sômin",
"med": "shibuichi, silver, gold",
"creator_ids": [
"4419"
],
"collection_ids": [
"JMA"
],
"exhibition_ids": []
}
Page context
{
"seq": 2,
"pageIndex": 0,
"type": "photo",
"url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.712_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
"mediaId": "a5397e8d072c121b"
}