Kumashiro Yuhi (1693-1773)
Kumashiro Yuhi (1693-1773)

Obo kenju zu [Allegory of immortality]

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Kumashiro Yuhi (1693-1773)
Obo kenju zu [Allegory of immortality]
Signed and titled Obo kenju zu Shuko Yuhi sha, sealed Yuhi and Shuko
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
40 1/8 x 16¼in. (101.7 x 41.4cm.)
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Please note the third seal should read Koshitsu hitsuzui

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The "obo" of the title refers to Seiobo, the Taoist immortal Si Wang Mu, who lives in a mountain palace. Her gardens grow peaches which ripen once in three thousand years and give immortality to anyone favored to taste them.

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