NihontoWatchNihontoWatchFukujin is a general term for deities (Fuku-no-kami) believed to bring happiness, fortune, and riyaku to people. In Japan, the Shichifukujin, whose worship became popular around the Muromachi period, are the most representative examples. In this work, the figure lying on the fuchi with a treasure orb and a zudabukuro is Hotei, and on the left side of the kashira is Jurojin, identified by his staff and zukin. On the right side is a figure in unfamiliar attire holding a gunbai, perhaps a Fukujin of Chinese origin. This is a fuchi-kashira of the Sanfukujin with dignified and affluent appearances. The maker, Tamagawa Yoshiaki, was a pupil of Tamagawa Yoshihisa of Mito. He went to Edo and studied under the Ishiguro family. Passed the Hozon Tosogu shinsa in Heisei 28 (2016).
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Mito
Edo
Hitachi
Signed
Hozon (NBTHK)
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Hitachi
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