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△ Product material: Cypress (hinoki) / Weight: Approximately 300g / Product size: Height: 15cm Width: 9.5cm Depth: 8.5cm / Measurements are taken manually so there may be slight errors (within 1cm). / Delivered in a special presentation box.
△【Abundant harvests, wealth, and prosperity of descendants】Originally introduced from India as a deity protecting Buddhism, it was later linked to Okuninushi no Mikoto from Japanese mythology and worshipped as a deity of good fortune. He is depicted holding a mallet and a large bag, and riding on a bale of rice.
△ The Seven Lucky Gods are surprisingly little known, but they are made up of gods and Buddhas from India, China, and Japan. Belief in the Seven Lucky Gods is said to have begun at the end of the Muromachi period, and became widely established among the common people in the mid-Edo period.
△ A god of good fortune and wealth who brings wealth, success, and prosperity.
* Daikokuten is also associated with Okuninushi-no-Mikoto, and is counted as one of the Seven Lucky Gods as the god of bountiful harvests, and is widely worshipped by the general public. He is often worshipped together with Ebisu as the two gods of prosperity in business and good fortune.
Daikokuten is one of the Seven Lucky Gods, beloved gods and buddhas known as the gods of good fortune. Originally brought from India as a god who protects Buddhism, he was later associated with Okuninushi no Mikoto from Japanese mythology and worshipped as the god of good fortune. He is depicted holding a mallet and a large bag, and riding on a rice bale. The Seven Lucky Gods are surprisingly little known, but they are made up of gods and buddhas from India, China, and Japan. Belief in the Seven Lucky Gods began at the end of the Muromachi period, and is said to have become widespread among the common people by the mid-Edo period. After that, customs such as pilgrimages to the Seven Lucky Gods and treasure ships were born, and today they are beloved as charming and auspicious gods and buddhas.
