Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with the Chinese Immortal Gama Sennin
(Japanese Military Armor)
This tsuba shows the Taoist immortal Gama, who is always accompanied by a frog. The frog, who only has three legs, is on the reverse side. Gama's spirit was able to leave his body to wander and once returned to find the body unfit. He put his spirit into the nearest creature, which was a frog.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo)
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Mito (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 9/16 x 2 3/8 x 3/16 in. (6.48 x 6 x 0.43 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.123