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Shintō figure in the shape of a courtier

Shintō figure in the form of a courtier, seated in official clothing clothing and with a black lacquered headdress on a high, rectangular plinth. Wood, painted in colour and with gold leaf over a base coat of lime (jap. gofun). This type of figures are often the embodiment of Shintō deities.

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
157 x 145 x 91 mm
Material/Technique
Wood; pigment; binder, organic; gold alloy; metal
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 43112
Other number(s)
RJM 1949/08 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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