Kozuka with Taikôbô Fishing

1828-1904 L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) Citation Source image

The 12th-century Chinese sage Taikôbô (Ch. Kiang Tsze Ya) is shown sitting on a rock, fishing. Taikôbô fished without bait because he went fishing in order to have time alone with his thoughts, not to catch fish. He became a counselor to Emperor Si Peh. The background is a fis...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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