Doll

Museum number:
9-17042
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090017042
Accession number:
Acc.3868
Description:
Toy" dog / charm; white plaster dog w/black detailing, pad. features, blanket over back and chest w/printed floral designs; red ribbon collar; tail over back; earths chipped. Ptd. plaster; printed silk (?) cloth; silk ribbon. Japan, prob. Kanto District & urban-prefecture of Tokyo; if Tokyo, Nihombashi District. Inu-Hariko. H. 13 cm. "Folk toys in Japan have been more than childhood playthings...they have also been objects of art to be appreciated and enshrined on a Shinto altar as a symbol of belief....In times past, although there were some toys to play with, toys were owned more for exorcism than for play. They were not generally sold on the market, but only at the time of a shrine festival....." This example prob. cal 1920. Inu-Harilo = charm sold at various Shinto shrines in Tokyo and other parts of the Kanto district; especially appropriate for an expectant mother i.e. female dog is a symbol of easy, safe delivery because she gives birth to several puppies with relative ease. Traditional Toys of Japan, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles - see acc. env. Also see excerpt from MINGEI JAPANESE FOLK ART (Brooklyn Mus. 1985 exh. cat. by Bob Moses). Fotocopy in acc. env.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
November 1983
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Doll, accession number 9-17042, described as Toy" dog / charm; white plaster dog w/black detailing, pad. features, blanket over back and chest w/printed floral designs; red ribbon collar; tail over back; earths chipped. Ptd. plaster; printed silk (?) cloth; silk ribbon. Japan, prob. Kanto District & urban-prefecture of Tokyo; if Tokyo, Nihombashi District. Inu-Hariko. H. 13 cm. "Folk toys in Japan have been more than childhood playthings...they have also been objects of art to be appreciated and enshrined on a Shinto altar as a symbol of belief....In times past, although there were some toys to play with, toys were owned more for exorcism than for play. They were not generally sold on the market, but only at the time of a shrine festival....." This example prob. cal 1920. Inu-Harilo = charm sold at various Shinto shrines in Tokyo and other parts of the Kanto district; especially appropriate for an expectant mother i.e. female dog is a symbol of easy, safe delivery because she gives birth to several puppies with relative ease. Traditional Toys of Japan, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles - see acc. env. Also see excerpt from MINGEI JAPANESE FOLK ART (Brooklyn Mus. 1985 exh. cat. by Bob Moses). Fotocopy in acc. env.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Doll, accession number 9-17042, described as Toy" dog / charm; white plaster dog w/black detailing, pad. features, blanket over back and chest w/printed floral designs; red ribbon collar; tail over back; earths chipped. Ptd. plaster; printed silk (?) cloth; silk ribbon. Japan, prob. Kanto District & urban-prefecture of Tokyo; if Tokyo, Nihombashi District. Inu-Hariko. H. 13 cm. "Folk toys in Japan have been more than childhood playthings...they have also been objects of art to be appreciated and enshrined on a Shinto altar as a symbol of belief....In times past, although there were some toys to play with, toys were owned more for exorcism than for play. They were not generally sold on the market, but only at the time of a shrine festival....." This example prob. cal 1920. Inu-Harilo = charm sold at various Shinto shrines in Tokyo and other parts of the Kanto district; especially appropriate for an expectant mother i.e. female dog is a symbol of easy, safe delivery because she gives birth to several puppies with relative ease. Traditional Toys of Japan, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles - see acc. env. Also see excerpt from MINGEI JAPANESE FOLK ART (Brooklyn Mus. 1985 exh. cat. by Bob Moses). Fotocopy in acc. env.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Doll, accession number 9-17042, described as Toy" dog / charm; white plaster dog w/black detailing, pad. features, blanket over back and chest w/printed floral designs; red ribbon collar; tail over back; earths chipped. Ptd. plaster; printed silk (?) cloth; silk ribbon. Japan, prob. Kanto District & urban-prefecture of Tokyo; if Tokyo, Nihombashi District. Inu-Hariko. H. 13 cm. "Folk toys in Japan have been more than childhood playthings...they have also been objects of art to be appreciated and enshrined on a Shinto altar as a symbol of belief....In times past, although there were some toys to play with, toys were owned more for exorcism than for play. They were not generally sold on the market, but only at the time of a shrine festival....." This example prob. cal 1920. Inu-Harilo = charm sold at various Shinto shrines in Tokyo and other parts of the Kanto district; especially appropriate for an expectant mother i.e. female dog is a symbol of easy, safe delivery because she gives birth to several puppies with relative ease. Traditional Toys of Japan, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles - see acc. env. Also see excerpt from MINGEI JAPANESE FOLK ART (Brooklyn Mus. 1985 exh. cat. by Bob Moses). Fotocopy in acc. env.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Doll, accession number 9-17042, described as Toy" dog / charm; white plaster dog w/black detailing, pad. features, blanket over back and chest w/printed floral designs; red ribbon collar; tail over back; earths chipped. Ptd. plaster; printed silk (?) cloth; silk ribbon. Japan, prob. Kanto District & urban-prefecture of Tokyo; if Tokyo, Nihombashi District. Inu-Hariko. H. 13 cm. "Folk toys in Japan have been more than childhood playthings...they have also been objects of art to be appreciated and enshrined on a Shinto altar as a symbol of belief....In times past, although there were some toys to play with, toys were owned more for exorcism than for play. They were not generally sold on the market, but only at the time of a shrine festival....." This example prob. cal 1920. Inu-Harilo = charm sold at various Shinto shrines in Tokyo and other parts of the Kanto district; especially appropriate for an expectant mother i.e. female dog is a symbol of easy, safe delivery because she gives birth to several puppies with relative ease. Traditional Toys of Japan, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles - see acc. env. Also see excerpt from MINGEI JAPANESE FOLK ART (Brooklyn Mus. 1985 exh. cat. by Bob Moses). Fotocopy in acc. env.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Doll, accession number 9-17042, described as Toy" dog / charm; white plaster dog w/black detailing, pad. features, blanket over back and chest w/printed floral designs; red ribbon collar; tail over back; earths chipped. Ptd. plaster; printed silk (?) cloth; silk ribbon. Japan, prob. Kanto District & urban-prefecture of Tokyo; if Tokyo, Nihombashi District. Inu-Hariko. H. 13 cm. "Folk toys in Japan have been more than childhood playthings...they have also been objects of art to be appreciated and enshrined on a Shinto altar as a symbol of belief....In times past, although there were some toys to play with, toys were owned more for exorcism than for play. They were not generally sold on the market, but only at the time of a shrine festival....." This example prob. cal 1920. Inu-Harilo = charm sold at various Shinto shrines in Tokyo and other parts of the Kanto district; especially appropriate for an expectant mother i.e. female dog is a symbol of easy, safe delivery because she gives birth to several puppies with relative ease. Traditional Toys of Japan, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles - see acc. env. Also see excerpt from MINGEI JAPANESE FOLK ART (Brooklyn Mus. 1985 exh. cat. by Bob Moses). Fotocopy in acc. env.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 9-17042, described as Toy" dog / charm; white plaster dog w/black detailing, pad. features, blanket over back and chest w/printed floral designs; red ribbon collar; tail over back; earths chipped. Ptd. plaster; printed silk (?) cloth; silk ribbon. Japan, prob. Kanto District & urban-prefecture of Tokyo; if Tokyo, Nihombashi District. Inu-Hariko. H. 13 cm. "Folk toys in Japan have been more than childhood playthings...they have also been objects of art to be appreciated and enshrined on a Shinto altar as a symbol of belief....In times past, although there were some toys to play with, toys were owned more for exorcism than for play. They were not generally sold on the market, but only at the time of a shrine festival....." This example prob. cal 1920. Inu-Harilo = charm sold at various Shinto shrines in Tokyo and other parts of the Kanto district; especially appropriate for an expectant mother i.e. female dog is a symbol of easy, safe delivery because she gives birth to several puppies with relative ease. Traditional Toys of Japan, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles - see acc. env. Also see excerpt from MINGEI JAPANESE FOLK ART (Brooklyn Mus. 1985 exh. cat. by Bob Moses). Fotocopy in acc. env.

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