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Ch: Xiwangmu Dongwangfu. Ancient Chinese female and male deities associated with immortality and popular Daoism. Originally both gods seem to have been merged in a single life-giving deity called the Monarch of the Western Direction (Jp: Saiiki-no-kokuou Όˆζ‚̍‘‰€) possessing both female and male characteristics. Later two distinct deities were recognized, Xiwangmu (Jp: Seioubo Ό‰€•κ) or the Queen Mother of the West and Dongwangfu (Jp: Tououfu “Œ‰€•ƒ) or the King Father of the East, although Xiwangmu is likely closer to the conception of the original god, with Dongwangfu added later (probably in the Han period) as her consort. As a complement to Xiwangmu who supposedly lived at Kunlunshan (Jp: Konronsan ›ΐ›ΔŽR) in the west of China, Dongwangfu was associated with the eastern direction. According to the SHANHAIJING (Jp: SANGAIKYOU ŽRŠCŒo), Xiwangmu had a human face, tiger's teeth, a leopard's tail, and wore her hair tied up with a large hair-pin *kanzashi βΟ. The Han dynasty saw many accretions to the Xiwangmu legend as her worship spread among the populace. One story tells how the goddess Chang'e (Jp:Jouga ›b›M) stole Xiwangmu's elixir (or sometimes peaches) of immortality and fled to the moon where she turned into a toad. Another story tells of her trip to visit the court of Han emperor Wudi (Jp: *Kan Butei ŠΏ•’ι) when several of her magical peaches were stolen by Dongfangshuo (Jp: *Toubou Saku “Œ•ϋρ). The earliest pictorial representations of Xiwangmu and Dongwangfu are found on a pair of later Han clay tiles and on several bronze mirrors from the Wei-Jin dynasties. She appears infrequently in Yuan and Ming Daoist figure painting. Typically Xiwangmu is shown enthroned as a queen and accompanied by serving maidens, one of whom holds the peaches of immortality on a platter. She may also be accompanied by phoenixes, a stag and a dragon, and rides in a chariot. She is shown alone, or paired with Hanwudi, Dongfangshuo, or Dongwangfu. A pair of screens by Kaihou Yuushou ŠC–k—FΌ (1533-1615) show Xiwangmu paired with Dongwangfu, while a set of hanging scrolls by Kanou Tan'yuu Žλ–μ’T—H (1602-74) show her meeting Hanwudi.
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