De Kussen Schelp, Katsushika Hokusai, 1821 A still life with a wooden pillow with softer material on top. In the slid, a cup with sand, used to burn incense. Under the wooden pillow a print with the image of the ship full of treasures, with which the seven lucky gods enter the harbor on New Year's Day. In the foreground a round box. Placing an image of the ship full of treasures under the pillow would provide a dream about the lucky symbols at the start of the new year: the mountain Fuji, a falcon and aubergines; The most fortunate dream possible. These lucky symbols are also hidden in the Su


De Kussen Schelp, Katsushika Hokusai, 1821 A still life with a wooden pillow with softer material on top. In the slid, a cup with sand, used to burn incense. Under the wooden pillow a print with the image of the ship full of treasures, with which the seven lucky gods enter the harbor on New Year's Day. In the foreground a round box. Placing an image of the ship full of treasures under the pillow would provide a dream about the lucky symbols at the start of the new year: the mountain Fuji, a falcon and aubergines; The most fortunate dream possible. These lucky symbols are also hidden in the Surimono itself: the pillow depicts the Fuji, with the white pillow as snowy top; Fuji, a falcon and two aubergines are depicted on the label of the round box, which contains pickled pieces of Aubegines. With two poems. Japan paper color woodcut pillow


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