{"product_id":"vintage-japanese-zenga-scroll-three-lucky-gods-comic-sake-painting","title":"Vintage Japanese Zenga Scroll Three Lucky Gods Comic Sake Painting","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Verse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e三酒を一酒にして大酒... (\"Sanzake wo isshoku ni shite ōzake...\") — \"Turning three cups of sake into one, into a great toast...\" Written with a light, comic touch, the verse plays on the idea of combining separate, modest pleasures into one big, shared celebration — turning restraint into joyful excess among good company and benevolent gods, in the gently irreverent spirit characteristic of Zenga (禅画, Zen painting).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Painting: Three Lucky Gods\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRendered in loose, economical brushstrokes, three of Japan's Seven Lucky Gods (七福神, Shichifukujin) appear together in a single playful composition:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEbisu (恵比寿), at right, holding a fishing rod and a red sea bream (tai) — a symbol of luck and unexpected windfall.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJurōjin or Fukurokuju (寿老人\/福禄寿), at center, recognizable by his elongated head and walking staff — a symbol of health and long life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDaikokuten (大黒天), at left, seated beside his sack of rice or coins — a symbol of abundance and prosperity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTogether, the three gods form an informal, good-humored blessing for wealth, longevity, and happiness all at once — a far more casual and comic treatment than the gods typically receive in formal painting, very much in keeping with the loose, humanizing spirit of Zenga.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn opening seal (封印, hōin) appears in the upper right, with two additional square red seals in the lower left recording the artist-calligrapher's name and art-name, authenticating the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Presentation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInk on paper, mounted with a striking navy silk panel above and below the central painting, set within warm tan silk-brocade borders.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chikoyaki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67619469131855,"sku":"CKY-KAK-045","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6588\/1423\/files\/IMG_1149_result.jpg?v=1791096654","url":"https:\/\/chikoyaki.com\/products\/vintage-japanese-zenga-scroll-three-lucky-gods-comic-sake-painting","provider":"Chikoyaki","version":"1.0","type":"link"}