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Kashira with the Chinese Immortal Tobosaku (Ch. Dong Fang Suo [Tung Fang So])

Yabu Tsuneyuki (Japanese, active ca. 1850-1875) (Artist)
ca. 1850-1875 (late Edo-Meiji)
shibuichi, gold, silver
(Japanese Military Armor)

The Chinese immortal Tobosaku (Ch. Dong Fang Suo [Tong Fang So]), depicted here riding on clouds, is said to have been reincarnated six times. He first appeared in the 2nd century BC. He is shown with peaches because he gained his immortality by eating peaches from the Queen Mother of the West's orchard. This is part of a set with Walters 51.940.

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

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Geographies

Japan, Kii (Place of Origin) Japan, Osaka (Place of Origin)

Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)

Measurements

1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm) (l.)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

51.941

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Yabu Tsuneyuki (Japanese, active ca. 1850-1875)
ca. 1850-1875 (late Edo-Meiji)
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