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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850) | Daikokuten | Edo period, 19th century

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December 12, 01:07 PM GMT

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Description

woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigment and embossing, from the series The Seven Gods of Fortune (Shichifukujin no uchi), signed Aoigaoka Hokkei, circa 1820s


Shikishiban surimono: 21 x 18.5 cm, 8¼ by 7¼ in.

Daikokuten is portrayed smoking a kiseuru pipe, his lucky mallet jutting out of his pocket. He gazes at a tray of flowering adonis (fukujuso). Another impression of the same surimono is in the Art Institute of Chicago, ref. no. 1954.551, go to:  

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/81063/daikoku-from-the-series-of-seven-gods-of-luck-shichi-fuku-jin-no-uchi