Kame Sennin Turtle

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. sennin　仙人と伝説 Legends about Immortals .
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Kame Sennin 亀仙人 "Turtle Immortal"
Kooan - 黄安仙人 / 黄安 Koan, Kame Sennin

A Sennin from China of the 前漢 Western Han Dynasty (156 - 187) .
He rode on a huge turtle of ３尺 - 3 feet. This turtle would show its head above the water once every 3000 years.
Koan had seen this at least 5 times.
Once he had an audience with the Han emperor and told him about this turtle, but when the emperor died,
Koan also drifted into the unknown.


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黄安仙人図 亀乗仙人
狩野常信 Kano Tsunenobu (1636 - 1713)


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source : watanabe san, facebook

飾り瓦 roof tile from 春日神社 Kasuga Jinja
愛知県高浜市春日町

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source : syo-kazari.net/sosyoku/jinbutsu...

carving at the shrine Kitano Tenmangu, Kyoto
京都市上京区　北野天満宮拝殿


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亀仙人 Kame Sennin - "The Turtle Immortal"
Kokeshi by Usaburo 卯三郎こけし

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Kame Sennin 亀仙人 the modern "Turtle Immortal"
Muten Roshi 武天老師 Master Roshi

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Kame Sennin, the perverted martial arts master. He lives on Kame Island in the Kame House.



Like other Sennin, he lives alone except for his acquaintance, Turtle (海亀, Umigame), a slow yet honest talking sea turtle that comedically represents his Sennin familiar.
Kame Sennin
is very much a cross cultural creation. He teaches the boys martial arts in a Zen Buddhist style of self comprehension amidst physical suffering. Meanwhile, he dresses like a Daoist Taiji master when fighting or teaching. He knows Taiji Chuan and Chinese boxing styles, and helps strengthen his disciples’ ability to use Ki (Qi). On top of that, he emulates Jackie Chan as Jackie Chun, a popular Chinese martial arts film star. He’s a mix of Buddhist, Daoist, Chinese and Japanese.
Kame Sennin is an immortal.
It’s never explained exactly how he became immortal, but he is over 300 years old by the time Goku meets him as a child, and he never ages during the progression of the story.
..... Just like Kume Sennin, Kame Sennin has a magic cloud, which he calls the Kinto’un (筋斗雲), and which shares similar Kanji to the one in Journey to the West, where it’s called the “Somersault Cloud.”
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. sennin to netsuke 仙人と根付 Netsuke of Immortals .

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source : artsy.net/artwork/suzuki-harunobu...

Parodies of Hichobo and Urashima Taro
Suzuki Harunobu

. Tsuru Sennin 鶴仙人 / jookaku sennin 控鶴仙人 "Sennin riding a crane" .

. tsuru kame, tsurukame 鶴亀 Tortoise and Crane .
symbols of long life in China



. sennin 天狗と仙人伝説 Legends about Tengu and Immortals .

. Japan - Shrines and Temples - Index .


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