Hotei, 1616. Hotei, a popular figure in the Zen pantheon, is often depicted as a rotund, good-humored monk carrying a large sack. Poetic text, by Daoist Bai Yuchan (1194-1229), was transcribed by Tetsuzan Sodon. Edo period (1615-1868)

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