Ebisu, from the series “The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi Fukujin)”

Title: Ebisu, from the series “The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi Fukujin)”
Rights: The Art Institute of Chicago. Public Domain.
Creator: Suzuki Harunobu (Ca. 1725-1770)
Date: Ca. 1769
Description: Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce, and one of the seven gods of good luck, appears to a woman and a child. A list sits on his lap and he holds some kind of pipe or pen in his hand.
Format: Color woodblock print. 11 × 8 in..
Publisher: The Art Institute of Chicago.
Contributor: Zadie Henthorn
Identifier: The Art Institute of Chicago. 1930.986
Subject: Ukiyo-e; Ukiyo-e art; woodblock print; Japanese art; Asian art; mythology; legend; gods; theater.
Source: Jpeg file. The Art Institute of Chicago. 10/12/23.; https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6737/ebisu-from-the-series-the-seven-gods-of-good-luck-in-modern-life-tosei-shichi-fukujin

Item sets: Legendary Creatures: A Look at Mythology in Ukiyo-e Art- Zadie S.

Media: Ebisu, from the series “The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi Fukujin)”