“Kiyohime” Awa Ningyō Jōruri (Puppet from Awa)

NamePuppet

Artist Mr. Amari Yōichirō (Japanese, born 1945)

CultureJapanese

Date2019

Place madeTokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, JAPAN, ASIA

MediumWood, natural pigments, lacquer, hair, silk, metal, paper, cord

Dimensions53 1/8 × 21 5/8 × 19 11/16 in. (135 × 55 × 50 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, MNMF purchase with funds from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, A.2020.26.1

Object numberA.2020.26.1a-c

ProvenanceCommissioned by curator for MOIFA; purchased from the artist.

DescriptionPuppet is a woman with black hair wig, white face, black eyes, red mouth; in her demon transformation she has horns, red eyes, and a wide mouth with pointed teeth. she wears a red (right sleeve and bottom border) and black kimono with depictions of flowers adjacent to a running stream. A multi-colored print obi is around her waist, with a white, sash-like scarf tied on top. Comes with a wood maker's plaque that stands at the bottom of the puppet (A.2020.26.1b). Stand (A.2020.26.1c)