Thursday, January 4, 2024

(3044) The boat of fortune

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Or literally "the treasure boat" (takarabune/宝船), i.e. the ship that the seven gods of good fortune or Shichi Fukujin (七福神) come to our world on New Year's Day. Here in an abstract version I found in Jimbocho a while back. 

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).

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