![Kanebukuro - 金袋 - [Takaramono | Charm]](http://samkalensky.com/cdn/shop/files/3F03CAB7-DA0C-448F-878A-49B5C97A2E40_{width}x.jpg?v=1753473258)
Kanebukuro - 金袋 - "Money Bag." - [Takaramono | Charm] - aka: Komebukuro* ("Rice Bag.") or Nunobukuro. "Hotei's cloth bag of fortune."
• About this Treasure: A magical draw string cloth bag (sack &/or purse) symbolic of wealth and a bounty of vast fortune! - The bag is often said to contain an inexhaustible supply of "everything that a man will ever need." (especially food.) - It is very often said to be one of the Takaramono ("precious treasures") held by the Shichifukujin, usually attributed to Hotei (though, sometimes Daikoku & the others are also rarely seen using it.) it is one of the many treasures which are brought aboard the Takarabune ("Treasure boat.") - The item also often appears symbolically as an emblem or lucky symbol on clothing patterns such as Kimonos, Tattoos & pottery.
[as illustrated by Bowes, James Lord 1890 - image source.]
*Rather famously, the sack (or at least, a very similar magical item.) also appears as a reward at the end of the legend: Tawara Tōda Monogatari. (俵藤太物語) where in samurai, Fujiwara no Hidesato receives it as a reward from the dragon king for defeating a gigantic centipede (Omukade) which was terrorizing his palace.. in most early English versions of the story: Fujiwara is then given the titicular nick-name: "My Lord Bag of Rice."
•Some Other Early Depictions. •
[Hotei throwing gifts at children edo period.]
[The shichifukujin hunting tigers, Bishamonten kneels on the big one, hotei tripped, money flies everywhere!!! The bag is used as an title/emblem in the top corner. - Kyosai 1889 – image source: fujiarts.]
[The bag also appears on the back of an elephant, (among many of the other treasures ) at the end of Toriyama sekiens tsuresure bokuro [1779.] (The gods are depicted loading their ship for new years.] image source - Japandemonium 2017]
[Art by @samkalensky part of my yokai, shichifukujin & charms lucky series of stickers!]