The Immortal Rokô

A courtesan in a kimono decorated with a long-haired turtle (minogame). Due to the position of the depicted turtle, it looks as if the courtesan is riding the beast, like Rokô, a Chinese immortal, always did. Rokô is usually depicted as a young person riding a long-haired turtle. These turtles symbolize a long life, due to the belief that the animals grow a tail of seaweed when they are 10,000 years old. With one poem.