Subject: Tobosaku


Tobosaku
Tobosaku: The witty adviser to Wu Ti, a Han emperor, represented as a smiling old man carrying a peach, sometimes accompanied by a deer. Compared to Jurojin by some, Tobosaku (Tung Fang So) was an historical character who fostered his own mysticism to the extent that he was thought to be one of the immortals by his contemporaries!


period: Edo
material: ivory
circa: mid 19th century
size: 2-1/2


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