DepartmentAsia

EMA (offering/votive) with image of Oni (Demon)

NameOffering

CultureJapanese

Datec. 1960

Place madeOTSU, KINKI DISTRICT, JAPAN, East Asia, ASIA

MediumWood, paint, adhesive

Dimensions6 × 9 9/16 × 11/16 in. (15.3 × 24.3 × 1.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.4.198

Object numberA.1981.4.198

Collections

Asia

DescriptionSawn, nailed, painted. Devil with orange face, feet and hands. Brown robe with white and green trim. Two small panels of lettering. Roof-like frame nailed across top. String hanger. // See "Japanese Toys," Sonobe, Sakamoto, Pomeroy. Plate 223, page 479.