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Source Description
The cart filled with flowers is a lucky flower cart, called a "hana kuruma." When shown with praying mantis, as here, the motif is meant to suggest the wheel of law. The wheel of law is a physical manifestation of Buddha's teachings.
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Document identity
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36630
label
Kozuka with Flower Cart with a Praying Mantis
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Source metadata
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36630
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title
Kozuka with Flower Cart with a Praying Mantis
description
The cart filled with flowers is a lucky flower cart, called a "hana kuruma." When shown with praying mantis, as here, the motif is meant to suggest the wheel of law. The wheel of law is a physical manifestation of Buddha's teachings.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1695-1742 (Edo)
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
kozuka
sword components
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4
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4
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import
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L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)
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cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 顕乗作 光理; [Transliteration] Kenjô saku Mitsumasa (kao); [Translation] Made by Kenjô
Mitsumasa
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shakudo, gold, silver
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6145
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JMA
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none
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