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| Keywords: Okada Setsuga - Kozuka with Gama and Tekkai - Walters 51740.jpg This kozuka shows two Taoist immortals standing under a pine tree These two are often shown together because they both had the ability to send their spirits out of their bodies Leaning on the branch of the tree 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 Sitting under the tree is Gama Ch Hia Mo with a three legged frog on his shoulder 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 1879 1925 Meiji-Taisho shibuichi gold silver copper cm 9 6 l accession number 51 740 22675 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters signature place of origin Tokyo Japan PD-Japan Kozuka in the Walters Art Museum Okada Setsuga Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
