Ebisu Mask Japanese Mythology Wood

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ORIGIN = JAPAN One of Japan’s Seven Lucky Gods Aka Hiruko 蛭子. Also written 夷, 戎, 水蛭子、蛭児. Also known as Kotoshironushi 事代主神 Associated Virtue = Candor ANIMAL ASSOCIATIONS Red Snapper, Sea Bream, Jellyfish Male. Popular among fishing folk, sailors, famers, and people in the food industry, the smiling and often bearded Ebisu 恵比須 (also written 恵美酒 or 恵比寿) is commonly shown wearing formal court garments or the hunting robes of a courtier, but his main attributes are the fishing rod in his right hand and a large red sea bream or a red snapper (Jp. = tai 鯛) dangling from the line or tucked under his left arm. In Japan, these two fish symbolize fortune (the Japanese term for joyous occasions is omede-tai). Ebisu is also depicted wearing a pointed hat (Kazaori Eboshi 風折烏帽子) folded in the middle, which was worn by courtiers of the imperial court in olden times. Less commonly, Ebisu is depicted carrying a folding fan rather than a fish or fishing rod.