Daikoku Strikes forth Coins (Daikoku no uchi-kane)

Artist Okumura Masanobu 奥村政信 (Japanese, 1686–1764)

Dateabout 1710

MediumWoodblock print; ink on paper; sumizuri-e

Dimensions28.6 x 43.2 cm (11 1/4 x 17 in.)

ClassificationsPrints

MarkingsPublisher: "Motohama-cho Iga-ya hanmoto" (Iga-ya, publisher at Motohama-cho)

Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection

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Object number1901.59.2221

DescriptionHorizontal oban (oban yoko-e)
Label TextDaikoku, the God of Wealth, is depicted seated in the reception room (zashiki) of a brothel, with his back to a formal alcove (tokonoma). A painting depicting a large radish (daikon) with a split end and a vase with irises are displayed in the tokonoma. Daikoku is depicted shaking his mallet (tsuchi) releasing from it a stream of oval gold coins (koban) which a young man with a crest of the character for sword (katana) on his kimono is catching with both hands. The event is observed by a courtesan dressed in a kimono decorated with cherry blossoms and a samurai saddle and stirrups, reclining on the floor.

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