Gods of Good Fortune in Modern Style

(Imayô shichifukujin, 今様七福神)

Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei

1849-1851

This series of fan prints (uchiwa) compares beautiful women to the gods of good fortune. It is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). Each of the prints bears the seals of the censors Fuku and Muramatsu.

God: Ebisu

Description: Woman with goldfish

I am grategul to Robert Pryor for this image.

God: Hotei

Description: Woman with a boy

God: Jurôjin

Description: Woman with a very long letter

I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this image.

God: Benten

Description:

I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this image.

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