Yokai (Monsters: Rokurokubi and Mikoshi Nyudo) in a Cart

NameToy

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1900

Place madeKOBE, HYOGO, JAPAN, East Asia, ASIA

MediumWood, ivory, paint

Dimensions4 1/4 × 4 15/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.8 × 12.5 × 6.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.1.743

Object numberA.1981.1.743

DescriptionYokai, monsters in a cart. 4-wheeled cart with 2 figures sitting, facing each other. When wheels turn, figures drum and heads rise from bodies. One implement broken off one hand of each. Mostly black and brown. See Wiest, Karel; "Collector's Column; Arts of Asia, November-December 1981. See also Arts of Asia, May-June 1984, p.6.