Tsuba with the Taoist Immortal Kinkô on his Carp

1766-1834 (Edo)

6.9 cm 7.7 cm 0.4 cm

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The man riding the carp on this tsuba is the Chinese immortal Kinkô (Ch. Kingao [Kinkao]). The carp is leaping from the waves at the upper right. Kinkô was said to have lived over two centuries and frequently painted fish. The king of the fish offered him a journey through the...

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