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Minneapolis Institute of Art
Chinese Immortals [one of a pair]
Hara ZaichūLinkedCulture matchlcp-3636e44b3332
- Date
- 1804
- Medium
- Hanging scroll, right of a pair, ink and color on silk
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 123852
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
This pair of scrolls depicts two Daoist immortals commonly paired in Japanese and Chinese art because of their corresponding supernatural curative powers. Depicted on the left is Gama Sennin, literally “toad hermit, ” named for the large, three-legged toad that always accompanies him. He is based on Liu Hai, a 10th-century civil servant and alchemist. On the right, Tekkai Sennin is a figure adopted from Chinese mythology, Li Tieguai, one of the Eight Immortals. He is thought to be able to leave his body and is seen here as he exhales his spirit from his mouth. Tekkai Sennin is traditionally represented holding a gourd, from which he dispenses medicine. Asia
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- Credit line
- Gift of Willard and Elizabeth Clark
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