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

ca. 1850-1875 (late Edo-Meiji) 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm) (l.) Citation Source image

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 M...

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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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