Accession Nr.: | 1846 |
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Type: | painting; hanging scroll |
Artist/Maker: | |
Date of production: |
first half of the 19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period |
Place of production: | |
Acquisition: | collected by Péter Vay |
Signed: | the signature of Gyōshin |
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Marks: | the artist’s red stamp |
Materials/Techniques: | ink and colours on silk |
Dimensions: | height: 135 cm width: 60.5 cm mirror: 53.3 × 56.2 cm |
The younger of the two, Ebisu, is shown with a huge fish on his back and a bamboo fishing rod on his shoulder: he is the most important patron of produce from the sea. Daikoku is shown sitting on two baskets of rice. He is smiling broadly, holding a huge sack on his back with one hand, while in the other hand he raises a hammer.