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Emperor and Empress for the Doll Festival

Pair of miniature dolls of the Emperor and Empress. Carved from wood, painted with pigments. On a small mat, which is considered a throne in Japan. Stylised depiction: The emperor in a robe (jap. kosode) with spread sleeves and golden trousers (jap. golden trousers (jap. hakama). The empress narrower in a robe wrapped tightly around her body robe (jap. kosode). For the festival on girls' day (jap. hina matsuri). Origin: Kyoto. The Emperor is standing on the right side (seen from the viewer).

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Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
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Cataloguing data

Object type
miniatures (object genre)
Dimensions
38 x 72 x 56 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 43133
Other number(s)
RJM 1949/08

Provenance and sources

when
between 1940-1950
where
Japan
Asia -> East Asia -> Japan

when
1934-1938
who
Dirksen, Herbert von - Recipients

when
1950-06-02
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