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Okimono Nifukujin (置物二福神)
This is a Kutani ware figure which Asakura-san has created.
These two gods are called Daikoku-sama and Ebisu-sama.
They are mutually one of shichi fukujin (seven deities of good luck).
Daikoku means the god of abundant harvest, and Ebisu is the god of thriving business.
Height : 16 cm
Diameter : 24 cm
All sorts of works are achieved consistently by hand like mold, bake and overglaze. He paints over the figure with distinctive five colors, as taking up gods that has been transmitted from the myth.