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Netsuke
Netsuke carved from wood, depicting the popular god of fortune, Jurojin, one of the Seven Popular Gods of Fortune, Shichifukujin, standing, scripture scroll in right hand, his companion, a deer, behind him. Jurojin is particularly seen as the god of knowledge and wisdom, often symbolized by one or more scribal scrolls tied to his staff. A high forehead is also characteristic of this figure, as is …
Date
- [NI]
Medium
- Material: wood
- wood
- Wood
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 0-0
- 0
Provenance
- 1837-01-01
- Aankoop
Identifier
- RV-1-2684
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/588067
Format
- Technique: carving
- carving
- Carving
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- white
Year
- 0
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-11T07:13:13.286Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-10-15T07:33:21.569Z