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#SevenLuckyGods

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BrianSymbols of Luck, Fortune, Prosperity, Happiness??<br> I've seen the same big bottle decorated with the Seven Lucky Gods in another Izakaya Japanese pub.. This Tanuki Racoon dog is a nice size and might seem more friendly than the ones with bared teeth...<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.tokyo/discover/tags/七福神?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#七福神</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.tokyo/discover/tags/狸?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#狸</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.tokyo/discover/tags/タヌキ?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#タヌキ</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.tokyo/discover/tags/RaccoonDogFigure?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RaccoonDogFigure</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.tokyo/discover/tags/SevenLuckyGods?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SevenLuckyGods</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.tokyo/discover/tags/SevenLuckyGodsBottle?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SevenLuckyGodsBottle</a>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Itsukushima Shrine is a Shinto shrine on the island of the same name, also known as Miyajima, located in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Itsukushima_Shrine/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/Itsukushima_S</span><span class="invisible">hrine/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ItsukushimaShrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ItsukushimaShrine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MedievalJapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MedievalJapan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SevenLuckyGods" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SevenLuckyGods</span></a></p>
Brian SmallToday's eggs, with <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FukuRokuJyu?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FukuRokuJyu</a>. He's my fashion-leader (role-model?) among the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SevenLuckyGods?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SevenLuckyGods</a>. I think of them as Spritis of Abundance, A recent David Graeber article has me thinking maybe they are like words. I.A. Richards wrote that words were the missing parts of contexts, or experiences. Words help us complete ourselves and experiences. Maybe all the different representations of the Seven Lucky Gods work[ed] like that for people. <br> <br> After a year or so struggling with cheap incubator machines the Silky hens just increase the flock. We just make sure they can eat during the day and be safe at night and we keep getting more an more birds. The task now is to find adopters. More people are showing serious interest now that eggs are getting expensive here too. <br> <br> It's not hard to keep the birds fed and happy with culled plants from gardens and fields, old un-hulled rice from neighbors, free beef fat from supermarkets, BSFL maggot-like critter from compost piles, baked-sweet potato skins, left-over fruit, various weeds... And we end up with eggs and more birds. This earth of our is a place of abundance, we should be enjoying "plenitude" is the feeling I get from these birds and their eggs. <br> <br> So that's why I feel that it's appropriate to take photos of the eggs next to one of the Spirits of Abundance, <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/福禄寿?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#福禄寿</a>。<br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/eggs?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eggs</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BackYardChickens?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BackYardChickens</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Silky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Silky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SilkyEggs?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilkyEggs</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Chickens?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chickens</a>
Brian Small<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FukuRokuJyu?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FukuRokuJyu</a>, one of the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SevenLuckyGods?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SevenLuckyGods</a> now holds flowers in place of a staff. A sister in Virginia shared the epiphany.<br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/福禄寿?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#福禄寿</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/七福神?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#七福神</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SpiritsOfAbundance?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpiritsOfAbundance</a>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Itsukushima Shrine is a Shinto shrine on the island of the same name, also known as Miyajima, located in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Traditionally founded in the 6th century CE, the present layout of buildings dates to the 12th century CE. With its iconic torii gate, buildings on stilts standing over the sea, and soaring five-story pagoda, the shrine is one of the most easily reco...<a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Itsukushima_Shrine/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/Itsukushima_S</span><span class="invisible">hrine/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ItsukushimaShrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ItsukushimaShrine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MedievalJapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MedievalJapan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SevenLuckyGods" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SevenLuckyGods</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a></p>
UncannyJapanPodcast :verified:<p>The first Uncanny Japan of the New Year is out 🎉. Find out which of the Seven Lucky Gods you are, a little bit about your own character, and what your god advises you to do to be more happy and successful. </p><p>Here: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5e5ywbcy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/5e5ywbcy</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/podcastersofinstagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcastersofinstagram</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/newyear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newyear</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/goodluck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goodluck</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/sevenluckygods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sevenluckygods</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/shichifukujin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shichifukujin</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/uncannyjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uncannyjapan</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/happynewyear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>happynewyear</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/happynewyear2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>happynewyear2023</span></a></p>
UncannyJapanPodcast :verified:<p>Absolute A for effort💯! I found this Daikokuten statue that has had its belly rubbed for good luck for so long and with such enthusiasm, it has hollowed part of the stone away! </p><p>The bottle of hand sanitizer insures those who rub don't get the luck of the "other" variety 🙌.</p><p>(Also, thinly veiled hint about the next show.)</p><p><a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/japantravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japantravel</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/daikokuten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>daikokuten</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/sevenluckygods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sevenluckygods</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/shrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shrine</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/luckygod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luckygod</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/goodluck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goodluck</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/japanlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japanlife</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Itsukushima Shrine is a Shinto shrine on the island of the same name, also known as Miyajima, located in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Traditionally founded in the 6th century CE, the present layout of buildings dates to the 12th century CE. With its iconic torii gate, buildings on stilts standing over the sea, and soaring five-story pagoda, the shrine is one of the most easily reco...<a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Itsukushima_Shrine/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/Itsukushima_S</span><span class="invisible">hrine/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ItsukushimaShrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ItsukushimaShrine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MedievalJapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MedievalJapan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SevenLuckyGods" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SevenLuckyGods</span></a></p>
Brian SmallWe went to a park with coffee and sandwiches this morning. The little hot-sandwich and coffee place run by nice young women had too many people in it, and the weather was nice. So we stumbled into a flea market. At first I was going to skip it and just lounge under a shady tree and read, but... I ended up finding a nice <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FukuRokuJyu?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FukuRokuJyu</a> wooden figure, and another scarier wooden figure that shares some characteristics. The wood is fun to look at and eventually someone else is interested enough to take them... I like the simpler wood that still has a lot of area left as is, unsculpted... But the other one is interesting. I'll have to ask a Chinese student if the designs on the big figure mean anything...<br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SevenLuckyGods?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SevenLuckyGods</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/七福神?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#七福神</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/福禄寿?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#福禄寿</a>
Brian Small<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/DaiKokuTen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DaiKokuTen</a> from among the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SevenLuckyGods?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SevenLuckyGods</a> protected the entrance during Super Typhoon 14. The plastic sheets tend to fly off the neighbor's little car roof thingey. One-sided car-ports might look interesting and seem to save space but if typhoons don't bend the thing away, the plastic nail replacement break off. I (guiltiliy) use similar plastic sheets (NamiBan) for the chicken cages (after being shown how to use them rain- and privacy-guards for the house) but I use real nails and wood. None of my sheets flew off (Knock on Wood!!). The awning put in by carpenters never flew off. The neighbor might have been better off asking traditional carpenters to put in some sort of wood and nails car port in... It might be the tax system that encourages stupid structures though. Once a car-port has more than two walls it gets taxed by area like the rest of the house I think... Something like that, it's hard to pay attention to that kind of stuff... I'd have to see a report by and investigative reporter that showed how the idiotic rules were passed by big-box stores so they could sell cheap alloy and plastic sets to consumers that are too commercial to talk with decent carpenters...
Brian SmallBaked ceramic is better, for getting through the rain and a typhoon anyway. The orange thin-terracotta-like DaiKokuTen has been out by the gate through all kinds of weather for over a year now I think. I put him (he may have started out as a her, DaiKokuNyou from India...) down by the door for the typhoon. The Great Darkness might protect the house and, in a corner the wind would be less likely to break the ceramic. But the the pair, DaikokuTen with Ebisu, didn't make out to well. The pair was in a more protected place but what little rain got to them started taking off their paint. Fascinating to see that they are made out of what seems to be an un-baked ceramic or cement-like material. It seems biodegradable. I might just bury them out by the compost bins. Recycle shop owners will sometimes give these sort of figures away. I buy the woodeng FukuRokuJyu figures as fashion models: they look a little like Kropotkin. But the other happy figures like HoTei and these two are fun too. Now I know to avoid the melty figures and go for the terra-cotta-ish figures. That Tanuki raccon-dog figures are fascinating too: but a bit involved, bigger and lacquered and more expensive.<br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SevenLuckyGods?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SevenLuckyGods</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ShichiFukuJIn?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShichiFukuJIn</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/七福神?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#七福神</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/大黒天?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#大黒天</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/恵比須?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#恵比須</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/えびす?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#えびす</a>
Brian SmallYakuSugi, YakuShima Cedar, carvings of the some of the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SevenLuckyGods?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SevenLuckyGods</a>, <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/HoTei?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HoTei</a>, <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/DaiKokuTen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DaiKokuTen</a>, and <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Ebisu?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ebisu</a>. Hotei shows how it feels to be on vacation!! <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/七福神?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#七福神</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/布袋?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#布袋</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/大黒天?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#大黒天</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/恵比寿?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#恵比寿</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/えびす?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#えびす</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/民芸センタ?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#民芸センタ</a>− <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/霧島神宮?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#霧島神宮</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/鹿児島県?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#鹿児島県</a>　
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