Tsuba with Taikobo (Ch. Tai Gongwong) Fishing without Bait

1st half 19th century (late Edo)

6.2 cm 6.7 cm

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At the right of this tsuba, sits the sage Taikôbô (Ch. Tai Gongwang) fishing. His tea pot and basket are sitting behind him on the reverse. Taikôbô did not use bait, because he did not actually want to catch fish. He used fishing as an excuse to think about scientific question...

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