Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kozuka with the Immortal Gama
(Japanese Military Armor)
This kozuka shows the Taoist immortal Gama, with a three-legged frog sitting on his head. 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. On the reverse is a waterfall and the artist's signature.
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Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Mito (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or 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.
51.821