Toad Immortal (Gama Sennin 蝦蟇仙人)
Toad Immortal (Gama Sennin 蝦蟇仙人)
Toad Immortal (Gama Sennin 蝦蟇仙人)
Toad Immortal (Gama Sennin 蝦蟇仙人)

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Toad Immortal (Gama Sennin 蝦蟇仙人),

undated

Nagasawa Rosetsu 長沢芦雪, attributed to, 1754–1799
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
y1958-125

Information

Title
Toad Immortal (Gama Sennin 蝦蟇仙人)
Dates

undated

Maker
Nagasawa Rosetsu 長沢芦雪 , attributed to
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and light colors on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 115 x 49.5 cm. (45 1/4 x 19 1/2 in.) Mount: 216 x 63.7 cm. (85 1/16 x 25 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan V. Hammer
Object Number
y1958-125
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed left: 蘆雪 “Rosetsu”
Inscription
y
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist, “Gyo” 魚, relief, center left (Compare to seal on triptych Nagasawa Rosetsu, Jittoku, Puppies, and Hotei Metropolitan Museum of Art, lent by Feinberg Collection The seal on the PUAM scroll may be the same seal but stamped at a later time.)
Description
Old man with bare chest seated on the ground with his body turned 3/4 to the right and his head looking back over his right shoulder. His right hand rests on his knee and on his back gourd vessel. A large toad sits by his right foot and the moon is depicted in the top left.
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
paintings, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls, japanese painting styles
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink
Subject
philosophers, men, moons, frogs, figures (representations)

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