Benten-kutsu Cave is often overlooked by visitors to Kamakura Hase-dera, but the inside is unique for its ancient statues with lighted candles at...
Benten-kutsu Cave is often overlooked by visitors to Kamakura Hase-dera, but the inside is unique for its ancient statues with lighted candles at...
Hotei, one of the Seven Lucky Gods, points at the moon. The picture illustrates a Zen admonition not to confuse the finger that points at the moon...月亮, 畫出來的圖像
Taira no Tsunemasa plays the lute at the temple of the goddess Benten on Chikubu Island. Benten appeared to him in the form of a dragon, a lucky...
Hotei, or "Laughing Buddha," is displayed by guest napkins outside the dining hall at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in Los Padres National Forest.
Attendants dressed in gold, red, and white sell offerings to worshipers at the Ebisu shrine, a shrine to the god of business. Osaka, Japan.
Man wearing a mask of Ebisu, a god of good business luck, visits many shops along with Yasaka Shrine maidens during a New Year's event on January 9,...
Soshu enoshima benzaiten kaicyo sankei gunshu no zu. Opening celebration of Benzaiten Shrine at Enoshima in Soshu. Japanese triptych print shows...
Women performing the 'Shichifukujin' Seven Lucky Gods march on during the Harukoma Dance at the World Heritage Gassho-Zukuri site on February 11,...
Ichikawa Ichizo as Hotei Ichiemon, by Japanese artist Utagawa Kunisada, 1861. Gift of Mrs. Kate Kiser Klein.
Shichifukujin takarabune . By Kuniyoshi Utagawa, 1798-1861, Japanese artist. Dated between 1843 and 1846. Print shows the seven Japanese gods of good...
Soshu enoshima benzaiten kaicyo sankei gunshu no zu. Translation: Opening celebration of Benzaiten Shrine at Enoshima in Soshu. By Hiroshige,...
Ebisu, Japanese god of fishermen, holding a red carp in his hand, detail from an auspicious banner which is flown on May 5 for Boy's Day, by Morihiro...
Statuette of Daikoku, god of wealth, 18th century, wood, height 34 cm. Japanese civilisation, Edo period, 17th-19th century.
Banner , detail of the Seven Gods of Fortune motifs, family crests, flower in a circle, in cotton. Dyed in reserve with rice starch, with pigments,...
Banner , detail of the Seven Gods of Fortune motifs, family crests, flower in a circle, in cotton. Dyed in reserve with rice starch, with pigments,...
Mask depicting Daikoku, god of wealth, 19th century, painted wood, height 18 cm. Japanese civilisation, Edo-Meiji period, 1868-1912.
Hotei, 16th century . From a picture by Kano Motonobu, engraved in the E-hon te-kagami. Hotei is one of the personages of the popular group of...
Shrine priest prays for an offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity...
Shrine priests stand beside to offer a 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a...
Shrine priest transports the tail of an offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu...
Shrine priest arranges a 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna for offe to god at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a...
Man places a coin on the offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity of...
Man arranges a 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna for offe to god at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity of...
Man places a coin on the offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity of...
Man places a coin on the offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity of...
Child places coins on the offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity of...
Shrine priest prays for offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity of...
Miko stand beside to offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity of...
Miko stands next to offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity of...
Shrine priest performs a ritual for offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect,...
An offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna displays on the woden rack at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a...
Man places a coin on the offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity of...
Woman places a coin on the offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity...
Woman places a coin on the offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity...
Woman places a coin on the offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity...
Man places a coin on the offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity of...
People place coins on the offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity of...
Man places a coin on the offered 2.6 meters long, 260 kilograms weight bluefin tuna at Nishinomiya Shrine, the head shrine of Ebisu sect, a deity of...
Department store employees in "Shichifukujin" costumes, or the Seven Deities of Good Luck, cheer for the store's success during a press preview for...
Visitors to the 22nd Sapporo Snow Festival on the island of Hokkaido in Japan admiring an ice statue of Benten, a goddess of luck, music, eloquence,...
Man, dressed as the god, Ebisu, greets pedestrians in the area of Kamikagemori as part of the celebrations for Setsubun or the end of winter,...
Man, dressed as the god, Ebisu, greets pedestrians in the area of Kamikagemori as part of the celebrations for Setsubun or the end of winter,...
Man, dressed as the god, Ebisu, greets pedestrians in the area of Kamikagemori as part of the celebrations for Setsubun or the end of winter,...
Man, dressed as the god, Ebisu, greets pedestrians in the area of Kamikagemori as part of the celebrations for Setsubun or the end of winter,...
Man, dressed as the god, Ebisu, warms himself by a fire outside a shrine in Kamikagemori as part of the celebrations for Setsubun or the end of...
torii gate of matsushima kannon-do hall on the echizen coast, echizen-kaga kaigan quasi-national park, fukui, japan - 七福神 個照片及圖片檔
scenic view of turquoise pond with colorful maple trees in autumn at goshikinuma pond , urabandai, fukushima - 七福神 個照片及圖片檔
scenic view of colorful red maple tree tunnel in autumn at bishamondo temple, yamashina, kyoto, japan - 七福神 個照片及圖片檔
scenic view of colorful red maple tree tunnel in autumn at bishamondo temple, yamashina, kyoto, japan - 七福神 個照片及圖片檔
Large stone statue of a smiling Hotei sits prominently in the foreground on an overcast day at the Seiganto-ji Temple complex in Nachikatsuura,...
