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Color woodblock print of a boy in a striped green and pink robe, raising a slender stick, with long black hair and bare legs, on a pale background.

Boy as Hotei, Seven Gods of Good Fortune series

A boy in a striped, patterned robe crouches on a pale ground, raising a long slender stick high. Long black hair falls past his shoulders, and his bare legs and feet show below the robe. The color woodblock print uses flat areas of green, pink, and brown with crisp outlines.

Artist
Kitao Shigemasa
Date
1780s
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2509 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1789).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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