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Portable altar in black lacquered wood, opening with two doors onto a representation of the Goddess Benzaïten,eight-armed guardian of Buddhist values.depicted in feminine guise, she is known as one of the Seven Divinities of Good Fortune.Japan, Edo period (1603-1868)
(On her head, behind the Shinto door, is Ugajin, the serpent with the head of an old man, spirit of rice, water and food.)
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