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Summary
The menuki are in the shape of two horses and a gourd. This may be an illustration of the idiom "like a horse coming out of a gourd," which is used to describe unexpected things. The saying may have developed from stories of the Chinese immortal Chokaro (Ch. Zhang Guo [Chang Kuo]) who carried his magical mule in a gourd. A rooster is on the kashira. This is part of a mounted set.
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artwork
lacquer of japan in the walters art museum
tsuka in the walters art museum
walters art museum
Date
1850
Source
Walters Art Museum
Link
Copyright info
public domain