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Source Description
The Queen Mother of the West, or Seiôbo, lives in a mountain paradise. The trees in her garden produce peaches that give the eater immortality, but they only bloom once every three thousand years. She is shown carrying a basket of peaches.
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Document identity
localId
27641
label
Kozuka with the Queen Mother of the West Carrying Peaches
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object
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Source metadata
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27641
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object
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normalized
title
Kozuka with the Queen Mother of the West Carrying Peaches
description
The Queen Mother of the West, or Seiôbo, lives in a mountain paradise. The trees in her garden produce peaches that give the eater immortality, but they only bloom once every three thousand years. She is shown carrying a basket of peaches.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1850 (late Edo)
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
kozuka
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3
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3
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import
dimensionsRaw
L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Inscription] 於越福井彫之; [Transliteration] oite Koshi Fukui horu kore; [Translation] this was carved in Fukui in Echizen; [Signature] 河野豊壽; [Translation] Kôno Toyotoshi [kao]
med
shibuichi
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6128
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JMA
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none
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1
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photo
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54c6a099ed645013
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no
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no
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photo
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3b7787c650a0645b
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no
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photo
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