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| Keywords: Toyokawa Mitsunaga II - Tsuba with the Taoist Immortals Tekkai and Gama - Walters 51315 - Mark A.jpg This tsuba depicts two Taoist immortals who both had the ability to send their spirits out of their bodies On the front is Tekkai Ch Teiguai T'ieh Kwai He left his body for seven days to consult with Laozi Lao-tzu and when he returned could not reenter his old body He had to take the body of an old beggar by the roadside who had recently died On the right side of this tsuba he is shown in the beggar's body and holding a cane His spirit which he is sending out can be seen riding on his breath above the utility knife hole on the left On the reverse the Taoist immortal Gama Ch Hia Mo stands on the left with a three legged frog on his head Like Tekkai Gama's spirit once returned to his body and was unable to enter it He put his spirit into the nearest creature which was a frog between 1850 1923 Meiji silver alloy shakudo silver-gold alloy shibuichi copper and gold cm 7 9 accession number 51 315 25617 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Shinryûsai/Mitsunaga place of origin Tokyo Japan PD-old-auto 1923 Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Toyokawa Mitsunaga II Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
