A simple structure that was usually erected in the center of a market place to house the deity *Ebisu 恵比須, the first of the seven gods of good fortune *shichifukujin 七福神. He is dressed in kimono 着物, a divided skirt, hakama 袴, holds a fishing rod in his right hand, and a sea bream, a good luck symbol, under his left arm. Although Ebisu is mainly associated with fishing, farming, and commerce, by extension he was revered as the guardian deity of the home and market place, especially between 1350-1450, when *noh 能 drama was reaching its full development. Two groups of wandering players, sarugaku 猿楽, and dengaku 田楽 performed in market places dedicating their presentations to the enshrined god Ebisu. Because a rough class of people patronized the market place, ebisudō were eventually relegated to the outskirts of a villages where, by the 17th century and following, they fell into ruin.