Please read scroll with a 100 daikoku

[Ger]

Please read the text on this scroll depicting 100 daikoku.
The accompanying description reads:
〈竹林〉百大黒 琴棋書画図 隠し落款 カワイイ 吉祥

My try and questions:
竹林 Takebayashi, the painter?
百大黒 100 daikoku
琴棋書画図 kinkishoga, four arts.
隠し落款 hidden signature (and seal)
カワイイ 吉祥 The hidden name?

• Where? As a pun?
• Kawaii Yoshizaki/Kisshou/good luck ?

Below in the painting: 壽禄福 longevity happiness fortune.

Would the longer text at the top be a poem, does it reveal the poet and/or the painter?
The seal is enlarged as is the seal on the scroll in the middle.
Partial results are welcome too.

 

[Majestic]

百大黒 Yes, 100 images of Daikoku
カワイイ (cute) and 吉祥 (lucky) are just words the seller has included to try to increase hits/views. Marketing buzzwords, as is the "Four Arts" phrase.

The writings in the panel are just words associated with Daikoku and good fortune
五福之神 God of five fortunes (health, wealth, virtue, longevity, piousness)
穀之福 Harvest blessing.
百甲子祭記 This refers to a festival related both to Daikoku, as well as to fertility (both of which are themes of this scroll).
家屋得眞? I'm not sure what this last one is, but given the context I would guess its a phrase (righteous household?). I looked for this phrase to see if its related to Daikoku, but I couldn't find anything.

 

[Ger]

Thanks very much !
I guess Daikoku deserved no precious poem....

 

[Majestic]

Well, I do agree with the marketing buzzword: it is very cute!

 

[Ger]

So 竹林 Takebayashi, would be the painter? Bamboo Grove seems unlikely though the 7 sages there love go.

Would 隠し落款 translate as concealed signature?
Meaning that 竹林 (or an other name?) is somehow hidden in the painting?
I like the attached very cute mouse

 

[Majestic]

Yes, although I'm not 100% sure. I think the seller is claiming the red seal says "竹林" (Takebayashi), but the writing in the seals is too poorly defined for me to validate what it says. Takebayashi is a possibility. It's hard to be certain what it says.

As for 隠し落款, yes it would mean "hidden signature". It kind of sounds a bit like marketing fluff. The red seals are indeed incorporated into the overall design, so I guess you could say they are kind of "hidden", but it really feels like the seller is trying to make the piece sound very exotic and unusual.