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ID: 901002260
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002260
Record Type: Character/Person

Hotei (Chinesee character)

Note: Chinese priest, said to have lived in 19th century; celebrated for fatness, love of children, and carries a large linen bag.

Names:
Hotei (Chinesee character) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist characters> (P)
............Hotei (Chinesee character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... character (person by activity)
.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Hotei (Chinesee character)
................Casanowicz, Buddhist Art in US National Museum (1921)

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