Kiyohime

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)