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| Keywords: Yokoya Somin V - Kozuka with Hotei and Child - Walters 5111693 - Mark B.jpg Hotei is one of the seven gods of good fortune shichifukujin He is often depicted as a rotund Buddhist monk with a bag of treasures When depicted without the other gods he is frequently depicted with small children Here the image of Hotei is incised on the kozuka body and wraps around to the reverse The small child is at Hotei's left This is part of a mounted set 1795-ca 1855 Edo shibuichi gold cm 20 4 accession number 51 1169 3 21491 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters Signature Yokoya Sômin kao place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Yokoya Somin V Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
