In the "Daitokuten jinho," believed to be a fake sutra created in Tang-period China, he is characterized as god of both wealth and the kitchen, and is depicted wearing eboshi (the formal cap for court nobles) and hakama with his right fist at his side and his left hand clutching a large bag he is slinging over his left shoulder.
なお唐代成立の偽経とされる「大黒天神法」には、烏帽子・袴姿で右手の拳を腰に当てて、左手で大きな袋を左肩に背負う厨房神・財神として描かれている。