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

Sakurajima daikon