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品名（中）	福禄库尤
品名（英）	Fukurokuju
入馆年号	1975年，1975.268.131
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章【1726 至 1792】【日本人】
创作年份	公元 1798
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	33 3/4 x 11 5/16 英寸 (85.7 x 28.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	福禄寿是新年的另一个吉祥象征，他削尖的身体和细长的脑袋，手杖上拿着经卷，体现了智慧和长寿。在江户和大阪社会，七神是非常受欢迎的崇拜对象。这位神仙也被认为是中国占星术中南极星的化身 Katsukawa Shunshō是活跃于18世纪后半叶的浮世绘画家和版画设计师；一幅福禄菊的画似乎与他通常的美人和演员题材有所不同。很可能是在他晚年完成的，这幅以古怪、大胆的墨水风格绘制的挂轴一定有个人意义，可能是在朋友的陪伴下创作的。顶部的题词是日本诗人Tegara no Okamochi（1734–1812）的题词，他以一首题为《岁末》的老年诗而闻名： Toshi nami no yo suru hitai no shiwami yori kururu wa itaku oshimare ni keri 误以为多年来在额头上留下皱纹是海浪拍打着海岸，我们突然对他们的逝去感到深深的自己的遗憾。
介绍（英）	Another auspicious symbol for the New Year, Fukurokuju embodied both wisdom and long life in his truncated body and elongated head, carrying a sutra scroll from his walking stick. The Seven Gods of Good Fortune were very popular objects of worship among merchants in Edo and Osaka society. This immortal was also considered the personification of the south pole star in Chinese astrology. Katsukawa Shunshō was a major ukiyo-e painter and print designer active in the latter half of the eighteenth century; a painting of Fukurokuju seems a departure from his usual subjects of beauties and actors. Most likely done late in his life, this hanging scroll painted in an eccentric, bravura ink style must have had personal meaning and may have been created in the company of friends. The inscription on the top, which postdates the painting, is by the kyōka poet Tegara no Okamochi (1734–1812), who is best known for a poem on old age titled Year's End: Toshi nami no yo suru hitai no shiwami yori kururu wa itaku oshimare ni keri. Mistaking the many years breaking across one's forehead in wrinkles for waves against the shore we suddenly feel deeply our own regrets at their passing.