Hotei and children

hanging scroll

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 1893
Type: painting
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
first half of the 19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Acquisition: collected by Péter Vay
Signed: painter’s signature
Marks: red stamp
Materials/Techniques: ink and colours on paper
Dimensions: height: 99.5 cm
width: 64 cm
mirror: 34.7 × 53.9 cm
Hotei sits on the left-hand side of the picture, with an enormous canvas bag on his back. His legs are drawn up and he is resting his hands on his knees. Beside him squat two children. In the bottom left-hand corner are the painter’s signature written in ink and a red stamp.