# Young Boy Beseeching Hotei

- By: Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739-1820)
- Date: late 18th century
- Medium: Color woodblock print; hashira-e
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: 59.1 × 10.8 cm (23 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/19251)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/9f2adf07-aca3-0433-7c5a-669019425339/full/!614,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)