Fuchi with the Chinese Immortal Kinkô Riding a Carp

ca. 1800 (Edo) L: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) Citation Source image

The man riding the carp on this tsuba is the Chinese immortal Kinkô (Ch. Kingao [Kinkao]). Kinkô was said to have lived over two centuries and frequently painted fish. The king of the fish offered him a journey through the river. After his visit, Kinkô appeared briefly to his...

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