Queen Mother of the West

Data

Queen Mother of the West
Print   (Part of the set: A Group of 1820s Surimono)

Totoya Hokkei
Private
1820s

19.00 cm
21.00 cm

2022
00245-004
https://mokuhankan.com/collection/index.php?id_for_display=00245-004

Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

Another print from the same set as the image of Emperor Genso. The series presumably depicts historical (or legendary) Chinese characters, and - going by the presence of peaches on the table - this is almost certainly Xi Wangmu, the Queen Mother of the West.

(Another print in our collection is related to the idea that "... her garden had a special orchard of longevity peaches which would ripen once every three thousand years.")

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