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Very fine impression with extensive use of karazuri and application of silver powder. Colour very well preserved. It should be noted the refinement of the choice of colour for the box that the woman holds up, which is in harmony with the colours of her dress.
The series, designed by Gakutei for the poetic circle Shippō, associates figures of female beauties with the seven Lucky Gods (Shichifukujin). The circle symbol appears in the title cartouche at the top right and is repeated as a background of the print, accompanied by the fuku character (good luck) and by stylized pictures of bats, an animal which, by phonetic association, indicates, in East Asia, good luck.
In this specific print the association is with Ebisu, the god of fishermen and merchants, to whom alludes the fish in the basket in front of the woman. The poem, by Seigaen Masako, refers to the box of letters that the girl holds in her right hand and to the custom of sending greeting letters for the New Year
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