Fu Daishi　傅大士

KEY WORD :　art history / iconography

Ch: Fu Daishi. Buddhist Master Fu or Great Teacher Fu. The Chinese Buddhist layman Fu Xi (Jp: Fu Kyuu 傅翕; 497-569) credited with inventing revolving sutra shelves. Thus images of him are often placed in or near sutra repositories. Wearing Chinese Tang dynasty attire, Fu Daishi is frequently shown with his two sons Fucheng (Jp: Fujou 普成) and Fujian (Jp: Fuken 普建). Often depicted with a laughing face, Fu Dashi is commonly known as the Laughing Buddha or waraibotoke 笑い仏.

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