Tekkai Sennin Kiseruzutsu

Tekkai Sennin kiseruzutsu

EDO - MEIJI PERIOD (1867 - 1912)

Kiseruzutsu, mid to late 1800's.

A superb kiseruzutsu made from staghorn.

An outstanding carving, the use of the antler pearling incorporated into the carving adding an appealing dimension.
A portrayal of Tekkai Sennin standing dressed in a kimono top with long hanging sleeves, a mugwort apron, a gourd at his waist. Leaning on his gnarled staff, exhaling his anima (soul), that being the small figure visible above, walking with a staff, set under a branching pine above.
Signed: Rakusai

A superb natural aged ivory colour and patina.

Condition : Some wear , excellent for age.

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Dimensions are maximum measurements
Kiseruzutsu
Length About: 19.2cm
Width About: 2.9 cm

Kiseru
Kiseruzutsu
Length About: 20.2cm


A$950
One of the Eight Immortal Gods, Tekkai Sennin is often shown as a cripple, exhaling his anima and carrying a walking stick.
He is the Japanese adaptation of one of the Eight Immortals (Baxian), an assemblage of Daoist and/or folk deities.
He was thought to be capable of leaving his body, sometimes travelling for extended periods.
On one occasion, he asked a disciple to watch over his body and instructed him to burn it if his spirit did not return in seven days.
On the sixth day, however, the disciple’s mother died, so he burned his master’s body and went home.
Returning on the seventh day, Tekkai’s spirit found his body gone, leaving him no choice but to adopt the corpse of an emaciated beggar that he found beside the road.