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A Japanese Pottery Figure of Ebisu – Edo Period browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Stoneware: Pre 1837 VR: item # 943819 Please refer to our stock # COLL 9081 when inquiring.
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This is a mid Edo period pottery figure – okimono – of the Japanese Household God, Ebisu. The piece is in decent condition for its age – numerous nicks and loss of paint – but still an interesting rendition of this character. The Ebisu measures 2 ½” high by 2” wide by 1 1/8” deep. We date it to the 18th century of the Edo period. Ebisu , also transliterated Yebisu or called Hiruko or Kotoshiro-nushi-no-kami is the Japanese god of fishermen, good luck, and workingmen, as well as the guardian of the health of small children. He is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune (Shichifukujin), and the only one of the seven to originate from Japan. Ebisu was originally named Hiruko, meaning "leech child". He was the first child of Izanagi and Izanami, born without bones (or, in some stories, without arms and legs) due to his mother's transgression during the marriage ritual. Hiruko struggled to survive but, as he could not stand, he was cast to the sea in a boat of reeds before his third birthday.[1] He eventually washed ashore — possibly in Ezo, ancient Hokkaidō) — and was cared for by the Ainu Ebisu Saburo.
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