Hanten depicting Princess Wakana
with the giant earth spider that she conjured to fight the
samurai, Akisaku

NameFireman's Festival Coat (hanten)

Artist Artist Not Recorded

DateLate 19th century

Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia

MediumCotton, pigments

Dimensions50 x 48 in. (127 x 121.92 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.552

Object numberA.1995.93.552

Collections

The Lloyd Cotsen & Neutrogena Collection

DescriptionCotton fireman's coat; images are: A standing woman, holding a banner that pictures a stallion; and the image of a kneeling man, fighting a spider with a sword; spider web on ground of coat; colors are blue, red, white, black; techniques are sashiko (quilt stitching) and dyeing.