Rats and Radishes Takahashi Hiroaki, Japanese (Asakusa district, Tokyo 1871 - 1945 Hiroshima) Print, 1926 Harvard Art Museums
Dish with design of rat and radish | 染付大根鼠文皿 Shida kiln, Ureshino, Japan Porcelain, underglaze blue, 1800-1840s Bristol Museums "Daikoku, a god of wealth and prosperity and one of the Seven Lucky Gods, is closely associated with the rat and the radish. This is because rats appear when there is plenty of food, and because the Japanese word for radish, daikon, echoes the name Daikoku."
Rat and Radish Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927) Woodblock Print, c. 1900 The Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints, University of Oregon
Two Rats on a Daikon Radish Masakazu (Japanese, active ca. mid 19th century) Ivory, 1834 (Edo) Walters Art Museum
Daikoku with rats pulling a radish mikoshi, from an album of miscellaneous drawings and notes Kawanabe Kyosai 河鍋暁斎 (1831-1889) Ink and color on paper Freer Gallery of Art Collection, Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art



















