Daietsu is a story with a happy ending, in which an affectionate and dutiful son, Daietsu-no-suke, becomes a rich man blessed with many descendants by the grace of Kiyomizu Kannon (the goddess of mercy) and Daikokuten and Ebisu (the gods of wealth). The story dates from the 16th century, but this pair of picture scrolls appears to have been painted in the 18th century by Sumiyoshi Hiromori (1705–77), an artist of the Sumiyoshi school. The scrolls are gorgeously colored and richly adorned with gold leaf on a traditional high-quality eggshell-colored glossy paper. The paper was first decorated with gold paint (a mixture of gold powder and liquid glue made into a painting material) in a design of flowers before the application of the script.(en)
装丁 : 和装, Illustration: Scroll 1 has 7 paintings, and scroll 2 has 7 paintings, 資料種別 : [書写資料], Cover: Arabesque pattern with blue highlights on navy background, gold cloth with gold and silver ornaments attached; Flyleaf: Turtle shell-patterned gold foil with blue-colored patterns; Kotobagaki (introduction part) transcribed on papers with gold gilt in flower pattern; Gold gilt shredded and scattered on back sides, 彩色, Possession of Yokohama Shigeru, 表紙: 葵紋入紺地唐草金襴 銀金具付 見返し: 葵紋入亀甲模様金紙 詞書は草花模様 (金泥) の上に書写 料紙裏面は金切箔散し, Type: [Manuscript], Binding: Japanese-style Binding, Colored, 横山重旧蔵, 「Conjectured to be transcribed by Tsumiyoshi Hiromori」 recorded in autography on document chest, 箱書に「傳住吉廣守筆」とあり, 挿絵: 第1軸7図, 第2軸7図, 書名は第1軸書題簽による 第2軸の題簽欠, Titled based on the scroll 1’s title page. Scroll 2’s title page is missing
