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Keywords: Matsuke Heikichi - Nogaku zue - Walters 95255.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Daikokuya Matsuki Heikichi en As Tobosaku dances in his voluminous court robes the chorus in this play relates an ancient Chinese legend When the Queen Mother of the West visited the court of Emperor Wu Ti she brought ten peaches each of which would bring three thousand years of life to the eater Tobosaku Tung Fang-so in Chinese stole three peaches and ate them thus attaining virtual immortality The actor playing Tobosaku wears the mask of a happy old man At left is a hanging scroll depicting a descending phoenix-an emblem of imperial authority as well as a vehicle for immortals 1899 Meiji pigments mulberry paper cm 25 37 2 accession number 95 255 11966 Mr and Mrs C R Snell Jr date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Mr and Mrs C R Snell Jr 1989 Signature Kogyo place of origin Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license PD-old-auto 1927 2D Japanese prints in the Walters Art Museum Historic samurai prints Daikokuya Matsuki Heikichi Kōgyo Tsukioka Dance in art 1899
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