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| Keywords: Kikkawa Mototaka - Kozuka with the Immortal Gama - Walters 51821.jpg This kozuka shows the Taoist immortal Gama with a three-legged frog sitting on his head Gama's spirit was able to leave his body to wander and once returned to find the body unfit He put his spirit into the nearest creature which was a frog On the reverse is a waterfall and the artist's signature late 18th-early 19th century Edo shibuichi gold silver cm 9 6 accession number 51 821 40618 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters inscription gyônen rokujûroku; Translation Sixty-six years old; Signature Tachikawa Mototaka; Number On sticker with blue border 939 place of origin Mito Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Kikkawa Mototaka | ||||
