Helmet
Daikokuten is the god of limitless prosperity. The crest of the helmet is in the form of Daikokuten's hammer, his most familiar attribute, which itself signifies wealth and prosperity. A helmet portraying another of the Shichi Fukujin (Seven Gods of Good Fortune) is also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. 36.25.163).
Artwork Details
- Title: Helmet
- Date: probably 16th century
- Culture: Japanese
- Medium: Iron, lacquer, gold, copper
- Dimensions: H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
- Classification: Helmets
- Credit Line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
- Object Number: 36.25.130
- Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor
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5th century
Inscribed by Saotome Ienari (Japanese, Gunma Prefecture, active late 17th–early 18th century)
probably late 17th–early 18th century
16th century
17th century
Helmet bowl signed Saotome Ietada (Japanese, Edo period, active early–mid-19th century)
16th and 18th centuries
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