DepartmentAsia

Namahage Figures

NameFigures

CultureJapanese

Datec. 1970

Place madeOga, Akita Prefecture, JAPAN, East Asia, ASIA

MediumWood, fiber, ceramic, paint

Dimensions5 5/16 × 4 5/16 × 3 9/16 in. (13.5 × 11 × 9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.4.414

Object numberA.1981.4.414

DescriptionMold made, carved, sewn, painted. Two split-bamboo-cloaked figures, one holding staff with paper streamers. Ceramic masked faces, one red, gold, black, both horned, standing on cotton (snow?). Mounted on base. Ceramic hands. // See Haga, Hideo, "Japanese Folk Festivals Illustrated" plates, pages 10,11,12.