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Keywords: Japanese - Kozuka with Daruma - Walters 51781 - Back.jpg At the right is Daruma the 5th- or 6th-century Indian monk who founded Zen Buddhism The characters on the left say No merit This is a reference to a conversation Daruma purportedly had with the emperor of China When the emperor asked how much merit he had acquired for his good works Daruma replied No merit Daruma's enigmatic answers to the emperor's other questions also centered on nothingness date shakudo shibuichi copper gold cm 9 6 accession number 51 781 10119 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters text place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Kozuka in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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