One of the seven gods of good fortune (also known as Shichifukujin/七福神) and the only one who is a native Japanese (the others have come from China or India), Ebisu or Yebisu (恵比寿) as a statue outside the station of the Tokyo area with the same name --it belongs to Shibuya Ward.
(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore 2" set on Flickr).

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