Gosho Ningyö (Palace Doll)
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Name: Gosho Ningyö (Palace Doll)
Date: c. 1930
Source: Honolulu Museum of Art
Description: A boy is holding a snapper fish-shaped object on a cart. Red snapper is considered auspicious in Japan. One of the “Seven Good Luck Gods,” Ebisu is always portrayed with a snapper in his left hand. He is a deity of prosperity in business. The doll might be fashioned after Ebisu’s well-known image. (from “Doll! Doll! Doll! / Kawase Hasui” exhibition, 2/14/2003-)
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