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Source Description
A yamabushi monk is depicted looking at a waterfall. He wears the distinctive yamabushi clothing, including a small hat and a sash with pom-poms around his neck. He carries a wicker pack and a walking stick. Yamabushi lived in the mountain where they practiced a religious tradition that mixed elements of Shintoism and Buddhism. This is part of a set with Walters 51.1128.
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Document identity
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15157
label
Kashira with Yamabushi Monk and a Waterfall
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object
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1
Source metadata
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15157
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object
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normalized
title
Kashira with Yamabushi Monk and a Waterfall
description
A yamabushi monk is depicted looking at a waterfall. He wears the distinctive yamabushi clothing, including a small hat and a sash with pom-poms around his neck. He carries a wicker pack and a walking stick. Yamabushi lived in the mountain where they practiced a religious tradition that mixed elements of Shintoism and Buddhism. This is part of a set with Walters 51.1128.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1775-1800 (Edo)
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
kashira
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
L: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
Source extras
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Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
silver, gold
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6627
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JMA
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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