omocha no uma

Language: Japanese
Language: Japanese

Toy horse

Toy horse with saddle. Stylised shape, carved from wood carved from wood, painted in black and bright colours. Original wooden box (jap. kiribako) with inscription in black ink: kodomo aouma "grey mould, for children". Under the belly of the little horse is a red-edged paper label with red lettering: Honjo-ku Umayabashi ichi no nijûkyû sore Kisaburō tsukuru. This indicates the address (in Tokyo) and the craftsman: Honjo district, Umaya Bridge 1-29, that made Kisaburō made.

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Object type
toys (recreational artifacts)
Dimensions
93 x 250 x 233 mm
Material/Technique
Wood; pigment; binder, organic;
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 43115
Other number(s)
RJM 1949/08 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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