MAKE A MEME View Large Image Chrysanthemum Boy) Writing on Leaves - Walters 51220 - Mark A.jpg Seated at the lower right is Kikujidô the Chrysanthemum Boy He holds a brush in his right hand chrysanthemum leaves in his left hand and is surrounded by blooming ...
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Keywords: Kawarabayashi Hidekuni - Tsuba with Kikujidô (the Chrysanthemum Boy) Writing on Leaves - Walters 51220 - Mark A.jpg Seated at the lower right is Kikujidô the Chrysanthemum Boy He holds a brush in his right hand chrysanthemum leaves in his left hand and is surrounded by blooming chrysanthemums He would write on chrysanthemum leaves and drop them into the stream Kikujidô was an attendant to a 10th-century BC Chinese emperor Muh Wang Rivals forced his exile due to a minor transgression The emperor taught him a magical sentence from the historical Buddha to protect Kikujidô from harm He wrote this phrase on chrysanthemum leaves that floated down the river back to civilization Water that washed the writing off the leaves became an elixir of everlasting youth The stream that ran through Kikujidô's place of exile is on the back of the tsuba between 1825 1891 late Edo-Meiji shibuichi copper and gold cm 7 6 6 75 0 43 accession number 51 220 15886 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Kinryusai/Hidekuni kao place of origin Kyoto Japan Walters Art Museum license Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Kawarabayashi Hidekuni - Tsuba with Kikujidô the Chrysanthemum Boy Writing on Leaves - Walters 51 220
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