Egoyomi Daikoku
Naokage
1864
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; surimono
- Dimensions
- 9.3 × 12.9 cm (3 11/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- Woodblock print
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print
About
This is a small egoyomi calendar print on crepe paper. The numbers of the months form the kneeling figure to the bottom left. The god of wealth, Daikoku, is seated on two rice bales and is also formed from numbers and characters.