Seven Gods of Good Fortune and Chinese Children, Edo period (1615–1868), 17th–18th century, Japan, One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gilt on paper; Reverse side: ink, color, and gold on paper, 69 1/4 x 153 in. (175.9 x 388.6 cm), Screens, Kano Chikanobu (Japanese, 1660–1728), Three of the seven gods of good fortune—Daikokuten with a wine cup in hand, Ebisu with his red snapper, and round-bellied Hōtei—accompanied by a merry group of Chinese children fill this screen, originally one of a pair, with felicitous associations of wealth, prosperity, and abundance
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Seven Gods, Good Fortune, Chinese Children, Edo period, 1615–1868, 17th–18th century, Japan, pair, six-panel folding screens, ink, color, gilt, paper, Reverse side, gold, 69 1/4 x 153, 175.9 388.6 cm, Screens, Kano Chikanobu, Japanese, 1660–1728, Three, seven gods, good fortune—Daikokuten, wine cup, hand, Ebisu, red snapper, round-bellied Hōtei—accompanied, merry group, children fill, screen, originally, felicitous associations, wealth, prosperity, abundance
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