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God of Good Fortune (Fukujin; "Huku Gin"), from the series Eastern Customs: Enumerated Blessings (Azuma fûzoku, fuku-zukushi)


「東風俗 福つくし Huku Gin ふく神」
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu) (Japanese, 1838–1912)
Publisher: Takekawa Unokichi (Unosuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
about 1889–90 (Meiji 22–23)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.3 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession NumberRES.52.1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kumon Kodomo Kenkyûjo, Ukiyo-e no kodomotachi/Children Depicted in Ukiyoe (1995), #178; the series: Coats, Chikanobu (2006), pls. 161-5 (this design not illustrated)
DescriptionDate not filled in.
Signed Yôshû Chikanobu hitsu
楊洲周延筆
Provenance1952, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.