GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Daitoku is the Japanese god of wealth and prosperity. As he helps people produce crops, he is represented standing on two large bags of rice. For this same reason of embodying abundance, he is shown as healthily plump. The mallet he carries on his shoulder can make anyone he strikes it with very rich. Well-to-do families in Japan would have this kind of figure in the kitchen to protect the family members and ensure plenty of food for the household.
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- Anne Bromberg, Label text, 2016.
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Japan (nation): TGN: 1000120
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lacquer (coating): AAT: 300014916
wood (plant material): AAT: 300011914
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Edo (Japanese period): AAT: 300106643
eighteenth century: AAT: 300404512
Individuals
Subject terms
abundance: AAT: 300404290
black (color): AAT: 300130920
fat: AAT: 300013023
food: AAT: 300254496
hammers (tools): AAT: 300024823
kitchens: AAT: 300004514
prosperity: AAT: 300055744
protection: AAT: 300164923
rice (plants/genus): AAT: 300343827
wealth: AAT: 300055767
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PROVENANCE
1998: Jeff Kline, Seattle, purchased at a Bijutsu Club (Fine Arts Club) auction, Tokyo
By 2016: Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas
From 2016: Dallas Museum of Art, Cecil and Ida Green Acquisition Fund, purchased from above
The main source for this provenance is information previously entered in TMS.
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General Description
Daitoku is the Japanese god of wealth and prosperity. As he helps people produce crops, he is represented standing on two large bags of rice. For this same reason of embodying abundance, he is shown as healthily plump. The mallet he carries on his shoulder can make anyone he strikes it with very rich. Well-to-do families in Japan would have this kind of figure in the kitchen to protect the family members and ensure plenty of food for the household.
Excerpt from
- Anne Bromberg, Label text, 2016.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Notes
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Japan (nation): TGN: 1000120
Process/materials
lacquer (coating): AAT: 300014916
wood (plant material): AAT: 300011914
Historical periods
Edo (Japanese period): AAT: 300106643
eighteenth century: AAT: 300404512
Individuals
Subject terms
abundance: AAT: 300404290
black (color): AAT: 300130920
fat: AAT: 300013023
food: AAT: 300254496
hammers (tools): AAT: 300024823
kitchens: AAT: 300004514
prosperity: AAT: 300055744
protection: AAT: 300164923
rice (plants/genus): AAT: 300343827
wealth: AAT: 300055767
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
1998: Jeff Kline, Seattle, purchased at a Bijutsu Club (Fine Arts Club) auction, Tokyo
By 2016: Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas
From 2016: Dallas Museum of Art, Cecil and Ida Green Acquisition Fund, purchased from above
The main source for this provenance is information previously entered in TMS.
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