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KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889)
Daikokuten Beating Slackers
Signed Shojo Kyosai, the inscription signed Gekko
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
1212 x 2458 in. (31.8 x 62.5 cm.)
With a storage box in the shape of bamboo
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The inscription writes, kono tsuchi ha takara uchidasu-tsuchi de nashi, norakura mono no atama utsutuschi (this is not the magic mallet for fortune; this is a mallet to hammer the lazy fellows).

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