Width: 10cms
Height: 24cms
Date: 19th Century
£6,500
Product Code: KPOK05
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A beautiful wooden Okimono of Benten, the only female of the Seven Lucky Gods. She carries a basket of fish, has a lotus flower in her hair-piece and is wearing stunning robes decorated with gold and mother of pearl.
Benten is the God of all things that flow, (time, words, speech, music, knowledge and water) and she is thought to help maintain balance in the Universe.
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Benten
Benten is the only female god of the lucky seven, she is the God of all things that flow; time, words, speech, music, knowledge and water. In Japan water and dragons are intrinsically linked so you will often find her accompanied by a dragon or occasionally a snake. She sometimes carries a biwa (traditional Japanese lute) to represent her patronage of the arts and her figure may be shown with a Torii, the gate found at the entrance of a Shinto shrine. Her origins are in the Hindu Godess Saraswati who represents similar things to the Japanese version and helps to maintain the balance of the universe.
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