Small red lacquer zushi for Daikokuten, a household deity and one of the Seven Lucky Gods in Japan


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Other Identifiers:
OXKOBE_037 and dams:206597
Institution:
Emory University
Sublocation:
Box 7, Folder 2
Call Number:
OX-MSS011
About This Item
Date Created:
1800 to 1894
Format:
Artifact
Description / Abstract:
Wooden image of Daikokuten inside a small portable shrine. The exterior is painted red; the interior is painted gold. Drapery almost covers the image of the deity. Statue of the deity Daikokuten standing on a pair of rice sacks. His skin is black; he wears a mustache. In his left hand he holds a bag; his right hand is empty. Daikokuten is the god of commerce and prosperity in Japan.
Subjects / Keywords
Subject - Geographic Locations:
Japan
About This Item
Date Created:
1800 to 1894
Format:
Artifact
Description / Abstract:
Wooden image of Daikokuten inside a small portable shrine. The exterior is painted red; the interior is painted gold. Drapery almost covers the image of the deity. Statue of the deity Daikokuten standing on a pair of rice sacks. His skin is black; he wears a mustache. In his left hand he holds a bag; his right hand is empty. Daikokuten is the god of commerce and prosperity in Japan.
Subjects / Keywords
Subject - Geographic Locations:
Japan
Find This Item
Other Identifiers:
OXKOBE_037 and dams:206597
Institution:
Emory University
Sublocation:
Box 7, Folder 2
Call Number:
OX-MSS011