Kozuka with the Chinese Immortal Gama

17th century (early Edo) L: 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm) Citation Source image

The man shown leaning on his walking stick is the Chinese immortal Gama. At the bottom is a three-legged frog. Gama's spirit was able to leave his body to wander and once returned to find the body unfit to re-inhabit. He put his spirit into the nearest creature, which was a fr...

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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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