Fu Daishi 傅大士

Ch: Fu Daishi. Buddhist Master Fu or Great Teacher Fu. The Chinese Buddhist layman Fu Xi (Jp: Fu Kyū 傅翕, 497-569) credited with inventing revolving sutra shelves. Thus images of him are often placed in or near sutra repositories. Wearing Chinese Tang dynasty attire, Fu Daishi is frequently shown with his two sons Pucheng (Jp: Fujō 普成) and Pujian (Jp: Fuken 普建). Often depicted with a laughing face, Fu Daishi is commonly known as the Laughing Buddha or waraibotoke 笑い仏.