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NAKAJIMA RAISHŌ 中島来章 (1796–1871) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century (2) image 1
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NAKAJIMA RAISHŌ 中島来章 (1796–1871)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century

3 – 11 November 2025, 10:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

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NAKAJIMA RAISHŌ 中島来章 (1796–1871)

Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Mallet and Bream
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk in silk mounts, the jōge strips embroidered with emblems of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune: The mallet of Daikoku, God of Wealth, and a tai (bream); dated and signed Kaei kanoe-inu chūtō ryōgetsu kichijitsu Tsūshindō nishi mado no shita ni oite Raishō (Raishō, beneath the west window of the Tsūshindō in the eleventh month of 1850) and sealed Raishō; with a wood storage box and cardboard slipcase
Overall: 103 × 32cm (40 1/2 × 12 5/8in); image: 23 × 27cm (9 × 10 5/8in) (2).

Footnotes

The pairing of mallet and bream symbolizes kannazuki, the 'godless' tenth month, when all Japan's deities are summoned to the Great Shrine at Izumo by the sounding of a great gong and only Ebisu, whose emblem is the tai, remains because he is completely deaf; perhaps we are also to understand that Daikoku has left his heavy mallet behind him.

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