Seven Benten Shrines of Good Fortune in the Eastern Capital

(Tôto shichifuku Benten, 東都 七福弁天)

Publisher: Ise-ya Ichiemon

1843-1846

This series of fan prints (uchiwa) pairs beautiful women with shrines to Benten. It is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).

Shrine: Asakusa chinai Rojo Benten

Shrine: Asakusa chinai Tafuku Benten

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state of the above design with purple.

Shrine: Chomeiji chinai Benten

Shrine: Fukagawa Hachiman shanai Benten

Shrine: Fukagawa Susaki Benten

Shrine: Hitotsume Benten

Shrine: Shinobazu Benten

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