As a result, it is considered that, it seemed to the Japanese, there was one god accompanied by two creatures in these paintings whereby Fukurokuju has been generally recognized as one godhead and not three persons in Japan.
こういった伝来物が日本人には二物を伴った一人の神に見えたため、日本においては福禄寿を三人ではなく一人の神格とする認識が流布したと考えられる。