711111 Taoist Immortals, c.1647 (ink, colours & gold on paper) by Sansetsu, Kano (1589-1651); 166.37x115.57 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA; (add.info.: These remarkable screens once decorated the abbot\'s quarters of the Tensho_-in, a temple within the Zen monastery of Myo_shinji in Kyoto. Created around 1647 by the artist Kano Sansetsu (1589-1651), they illustrate Chinese Taoist immortals. The Chinese believed certain sages, through their moral virtue, faith and discipline, managed to transcend the bounds of the natural world and live forever. They became paragons of self-cultivation and moral behavior and were worshiped as divine saints); 穢 Minneapolis Institute of Art; The Putnam Dana McMillan Fund; Japanese, out of copyright.