Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "5879",
    "label": "Taoist immortal Taishin O Fujin",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1576"
}

{
    "id": "5879",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1576",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Taoist immortal Taishin O Fujin",
    "description": "Taishin O Fujin (also known as Gyokushi in Japanese, or T'ai-chen Wang Fu-jen in Chinese) is a Taoist immortal in Chinese court robes and a tiara.  The \"Uzo ressen zenden\" (Illustrated legends of Chinese immortals) of 1650 includes the following description: \"Taichin O Fujin, also known as Gyokushi, is the daughter of Seiobo.  Whenever she plays her one-stringed ch'in, a hundred birds flock to her.  On occasion, she mounts a white dragon to traverse the four seas.\"  Seiobo (Hsi Wang-mu in Chinese) was revered in China and Japan as the Queen Mother of the West, a goddess who could insure immortality and grant earthly desires.",
    "provenance": "Heber Bishop",
    "date": "Ca. 1870s (meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1576",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "okimono"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.1576_Fnt_NG_1535.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.1576_Fnt_NG_1535.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.1576_Fnt_NG_1535.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 37.5,
            "height": 20
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 14 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (37.5 x 20 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Momose Shigesato chu; [Translation] Cast by Momose Shigesato",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5815"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_54.1576_Fnt_NG_1535.jpg",
    "mediaId": "7bd355fc97f7457e"
}