Ebisu
1804
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1804
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Ebisu is a 1804 unspecified by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a cheerful man in a red robe holding a big fish and a branch with pink flowers. This is Ebisu, one of Japan’s Seven Gods of Good Fortune. He’s the god of fishermen and luck, often shown smiling with his catch. The fish, a sea bream, is a symbol of good fortune in Japan. The painting comes from the Edo period, when artists made these kinds of images for everyday people, not just temples. If you like this, look up more about the subject: *japan, edo period (1615–1868)*.
Ebisu, one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, takes the guise of a Shinto priest who blesses his catch, a sea bream, with a branch of the camellia tree.
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