Toyokawa Mitsunaga II - Tsuba with the Taoist Immortals Tekkai and Gama - Walters 51315.jpg
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Toyokawa Mitsunaga II Tsuba with the Taoist Immortals Tekkai and Gama Walters 51315, 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.
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Toyokawa Mitsunaga II Tsuba with the Taoist Immortals Tekkai and Gama Walters 51315, Toyokawa Mitsunaga II, Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum, Unsupported period, silver alloy, shakudo, silver-gold alloy, shibuichi, copper, and gold, by Toyokawa Mitsunaga II, ''Tsuba with the Taoist Immortals Tekkai and Gama''
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豊川光長との、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、の、正面には鉄拐(Ch.ていぐあい。老子と相談するために7日間遺体を放置したが、戻った時には老子の姿に戻れなかった。彼は最近亡くなった道端で老乞食の死体を取らなければならなかった。このの右側には、乞食の体に姿を見せ、杖を持っている。左手の薬籠の上で息を吐く姿が彼の霊の姿を垣間見ることが出来る。裏面には、道教の不滅のガマ(Ch. Hia Mo)が3本の足のついたカエルを頭に乗せて左側に立っている。鉄拐と同じく、ガマの霊は一度体に戻り、体内に入れなかった。彼は自分の霊をカエルの一番近い生き物に入れた。
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二代豊川光長 二代豊川光長 二代豊川光長 二代豊川光長 二代豊川光長 二代豊川光長 二代豊川光長 「道士不滅の鉄拐とガマの」
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utility knife three-legged taoist case knife