Settan Shoboku (1801–1873), Daikokuten and Chinese Poetry, Japanese hanging scroll, Late Edo period

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Meaning of Words

Original text
福乎福乎人之所祷
歸此之尊不數七寶

Romanized version of the original text
fuku ka fuku ka hito no inoru tokoro
kore o kore tatto ni kiseba ta hō o kazoezu

Yaku: Translation
What people pray for is surely good fortune.
If this is esteemed as the most noble thing, then no other treasure can compare to it.
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大黒天(Daikokuten/Mahākāla)…

One of the seven gods who are worshipped as gods of good fortune.
Originally, he was an incarnation of Jizaiten, a god of war and battle,
and a god of wealth and dignity.
In Japan, in the Muromachi period (1336-1573), he was combined with the folk belief of Okuninushi-no-mikoto, and the aspect of a smile was added. In the Edo period (1603-1868), the image of a happy-go-lucky man sitting on top of a rice ring was added.
In India, he was worshipped as the god of death and the god of war.
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Setting weight
This piece weighs 0.5 kg and will be shipped in 60 size.

Material
Ink on paper

Size
Overall: vertical 150㎝ × width 26㎝（59.06 in × 10.24 in）＊width does not include roller ends.
(the work: vertical 71.8㎝ × width 17.1㎝（28.27 in × 6.73 in）)

Condition
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles on the Japanese paper on the back of the cover.
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles on the image.
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles, warp in the mounting.

Remarks
・Roller ends are Bamboo.
・There is no signature on the box.

Materials for mounting
All of them are made of silk.

Other
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There may be a slight difference in color between the photo and the actual product.

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Biography

Settan Shoboku (1801–1873)
Born in 1801 in Ota, Muro District, Kii (now Wakayama Prefecture).
His secular surname was Yoshida. A monk of the Rinzai sect, he became ordained at age ten.
He studied under Dorin Soju at Jion-ji Temple in Mino and received Dharma transmission.
In 1847, he became abbot of Shogen-ji Temple in Mino.
In 1867, he was granted the title Shinnyo Myokaku Zenji.
He died in 1873 at the age of 73.