Kashira with the Chinese Immortal Gama
(Japanese Military Armor)
This figure is the Chinese immortal Gama, with a three-legged frog on his back. 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. He is often paired with the immortal Tekkai, shown on Walters 51.1122, because they both had the ability to send their spirits out of their bodies.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 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.
51.1123