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CAS 1993-0001-0368   CAS 1993-0001-0368; Figurine (tiger)
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Figurine (tiger)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Osaka Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970s
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Papier mâché [paper mache]; Paint
Description Papier mâché figurine of a standing tiger with bobbing head; Body of tiger is painted yellow and black with red, blue, and white accents; This type of toy is sold during the New Year or other festivals.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 6.0, Width = 5.0, Length = 11.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0369   CAS 1993-0001-0369; Figurine (Ebisu god)
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Figurine (Ebisu god)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kagawa Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Takamatsu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Papier mâché [paper mache]; Paint
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 5.8, Width = 5.9, Depth = 4.2

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0370   CAS 1993-0001-0370; Figurine (man)
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Figurine (man)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kagawa Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Takamatsu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Papier mâché [paper mache]; Paint
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.0, Width = 4.2, Depth = 3.7

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0371   CAS 1993-0001-0371; Figurine (cat)
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Figurine (cat)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kagawa Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Takamatsu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Papier mâché [paper mache]; Paint
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 4.8, Width = 4.5, Length = 7.8

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0372   CAS 1993-0001-0372; Figurine (dog)
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Figurine (dog)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kagawa Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Takamatsu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Papier mâché [paper mache]; Paint
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 5.2, Width = 6.8, Depth = 3.8

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0373   CAS 1993-0001-0373; Wood carving (horse)
Category Carvings; Folk Toys
Object Name Wood carving (horse)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Fukushima Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kooriyama
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 5.4, Width = 1.5, Length = 3.8

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0374   CAS 1993-0001-0374; Wood carving (pig)
Category Carvings; Folk Toys
Object Name Wood carving (pig)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Tottori Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Iwai
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 4.0, Width = 2.6, Length = 4.9

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0375   CAS 1993-0001-0375; Animated toy (mouse)
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Animated toy (mouse)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Ishikawa Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kanazawa
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960s
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Bamboo; Paint; String; Wire
Description Carving of a rat with movable head and tail mounted on metal pins and manipulated by means of a side-mounted bamboo spring in conjunction with string; Rat's body is painted dark brown; When bamboo “spring” is compressed, the rat drops both its tail and head, thereby representing a caricature of lean times, showing rat trying to eat from empty rice bowl; This toy was first made in 1830 as an ironic but humorous comment on the great famine that occurred that year; Its production was resumed again after it appeared on the Chinese New Year’s stamp in 1960.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.1, Width = 5.7, Depth = 9.8

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0376   CAS 1993-0001-0376; Wood carving (bear with fish)
Category Carvings; Folk Toys
Object Name Wood carving (bear with fish)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Hokkaido Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 2.4, Width = 2.0, Length = 4.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0377   CAS 1993-0001-0377; Animated toy (rabbit)
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Animated toy (rabbit)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Ishikawa Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kanazawa
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Commercial ribbon; String
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 8.3, Width = 3.0, Depth = 4.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0378   CAS 1993-0001-0378; Figurine (man)
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Figurine (man)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Hiroshima Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Hiyajima
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1984
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Papier mâché [paper mache]; Paint
Description Papier mâché figurine of Sugawara Michizane, the god of education, shown sitting on a low platform; He wears a blue undergarment and an orange outer garment and a red hat; He is seated upon a multi-colored base.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 13.7, Width = 12.4, Depth = 5.9

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0379   CAS 1993-0001-0379; Figurine (man and fish)
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Figurine (man and fish)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kagawa Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Takamatsu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Papier mâché [paper mache]; Paint
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 5.8, Width = 6.2, Depth = 4.2

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0380   CAS 1993-0001-0380; Ornament (chain of woven rings)
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Ornament (chain of woven rings)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Hyogo Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kinosaki
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1955
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Straw
Description Series of woven rings in various colors and indicate geometric patterns, placed over a bundle of straw; Sometimes a clay doll head is inserted into one end, in which case the rings form the pattern on the doll's kimono.
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 2.0, Length = 14.7

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0381   CAS 1993-0001-0381; Drum (toy)
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Drum (toy)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970s
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Bamboo; Paper; Soy beans; String; Paint
Description Hand-held drum consisting of a paper-covered bamboo frame mounted on a wooden stick; Twirling the stick causes the two soybean beads suspended by string from the side to strike the drum's faces; Both faces of drum are painted with a demon face.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 11.5, Depth = 1.5, Length = 22.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0382   CAS 1993-0001-0382; Drum (toy)
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Drum (toy)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Nagano Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Komoro
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1959
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Bamboo; Paper; Soy beans; String; Paint
Description Hand-held drum consisting of a paper-covered bamboo frame mounted on a bamboo stick; Twirling the stick causes the two soybean beads suspended by string from the side to strike the drum's faces; One face is painted with demon mask, the other with a geometric whirling pattern; Small white paper banner attached to drum handle is imprinted in Japanese script; Foil paper label attached to drum frame probably identifies name and telephone number of of shop where drum was sold.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 8.0, Depth = 1.9, Length = 21.5

Catalog Number CAS 1993-0001-0383   CAS 1993-0001-0383; Drum (toy)
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Drum (toy)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Tochigi Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Utsunomiya
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Bamboo; Paper; Paint
Description Hand-held drum consisting of a paper-covered bamboo frame mounted on a wooden stick; Twirling the stick causes the two soybean beads (now missing) suspended by string from the side to strike the drum's faces; Both faces of the drum are painted with concentric white bands; A paper windmill is positioned on top of the drum.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.8, Depth = 7.5, Length = 24.0

Catalog Number CAS 1993-0001-0384   CAS 1993-0001-0384; Wood carving (man)
Category Carvings; Folk Toys
Object Name Wood carving (man)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Hokkaido Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1985
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Stain
Description Stylized, three-dimensional carving of a standing man with a cylindrical body, wearing a street-length garment that also encloses the arms; Shoulder length hair (?) is cut in four tiers; Figure is lightly stained in a natural shade.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 12.2, Width = 3.7, Depth = 3.8

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0385   CAS 1993-0001-0385; Wood carving (tiger)
Category Carvings; Folk Toys
Object Name Wood carving (tiger)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Nara Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.5, Width = 3.6, Length = 6.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0386   CAS 1993-0001-0386; Wood carving (horse)
Category Carvings; Folk Toys
Object Name Wood carving (horse)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Aomori Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Hachinohe
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.2, Width = 1.8, Length = 5.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0387A,B   CAS 1993-0001-0387A,B; Wood carvings (2 horses)
Category Carvings; Folk Toys
Object Name Wood carvings (2 horses)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Fukushima Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kooriyama
Maker's Name Chuhachi Nakamura
Date of Manufacture ca. 1955
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Unidentified plant fiber
Description A: Stylized figurine of a horse, carved from a single piece of wood, painted white, and fitted with red bridle, blue saddle and gold blanket beneath its head; Mane and tail are represented by bundles of straw-colored plant fibers; Figurine represents Yoro-go, a horse noted for its superior form and beauty that lived during the Bunkyu Era (1861-1863) and was immortalized as a sculpture dedicated at the Miharu Dai-jingu shrine and became a charm for the elderly; B: Black horse similar to above except for its color, the use of horse or human hair to represent the mane and tail, and the fact that it serves as a charm for child-rearing, ensuring healthy children.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 6.1, Width = 1.9, Length = 3.6
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