Old Man of the Southern Pole (under tree), Lü Dongbin (left), Zonglin Quan (center), Xue Shenwong (right) center left of the set Daoist Immortals, 1646, Kano Sansetsu, Japanese, 1589 - 1651, 65 1/2 x 45 1/2 in. ( x cm) (image)69 x 49 x 1 3/4 in. ( x x cm) (outer frame), Ink, color, and gold leaf on paper, Japan, 17th century, These sliding door panels (fusuma) show a group of Chinese Daoist immortals. The Chinese believed the immortals were historical and legendary personages who, through moral virtue, faith, and discipline, managed to transcend the bounds

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