JAPANESE

Tops in Shimane Prefecture

Made by Yoshiya

z01 Finger spinning top

z02 Kitcho top (Good omen top)

z03 Daikoku fortune-telling top

z04 Double-decker top

z05 Chasing top (A rabbit and a tortoise are racing.) Two disks roll alternately ahead and behind.

Daikoku : one of the Shichifukujin. cf. Edo Koma (3) SHICHIFUKUJIN

Shichifukujin is the Seven Deities of Good Fortune. They are said to bring good luck.
Daikoku carries a big bag on his left shoulder. Daikoku fortune-telling top is modeled on his bag. A picture of his face is painted on the top.
 

Kitcho (Kitchô) : a good omen, happy augury

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