Figure of a samurai in Kabuki theatre
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Figure of a samurai in
Kabuki theatre
Standing samurai in official garb (hitatare), grey with a pattern of black grey with a pattern of black triangles (mitsu sankaku). Black headgear (kamuri). The The facial features are somewhat caricatured and the figure probably represents a kabuki actor. The pattern on the robe is a family emblem of the Hōjō clan. This is a branch of the highly famous Taira clan. The emblem depicts three scales of a dragon. Hōjō Tokimasa (1138-1215) prayed to a dragon on Enoshima for prosperity for himself and his descendants. The dragon promised to fulfil this and left three scales behind. Wood, carved and covered with lime (jap. gofun), then painted in colour. The figure is mounted on a on a narrow wooden board.
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Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
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Cataloguing data
Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
157 x 145 x 91 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 43122
Other number(s)
RJM 1949/08
Provenance and sources
when
1st half of the 20th century
where
Japan
Asia -> East Asia -> Japan
when
1934-1938
when
1950-06-02
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