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€ 900 - 1.200
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€ 3.500
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height total circa 33 cm
Well-worked iron structure with large eye slots, long aquiline nose, facial wrinkles and mouth opened in an angry expression. The external red lacquer certainly applied in more recent times. The chin (lacquer with missing parts) provided with ase nagashi no ana. Two ori-kugi shaped as an upside down "L". Ear protections with holes. Black lacquered inside. Yodare-kake with five black lacquered iron blades (also in this case probably from a later time), dark blue lacing. Karasu Tengu type. Karasu Tengu are creatures of Japanese folklore and mythology with wings and a bird's head (karasu means crow). The most ancient tales describe them precisely as creatures of this kind, later they will also be represented with a human-like face with a big nose. Spiteful creatures but also endowed with supernatural powers, it was said that they were able to transmit such powers to those who worshiped them. See the classic model in Heiji Monogatari, in which Yoshitsune learns the secrets of martial arts from a Tengu from Mount Kurama. Furthermore, according to popular legend, he attributed his success in the battle of Dannoura to the training he received from Sojobo, king of the Tengu of Kurama. See "Japanese Ghost & Demons - Art of the Supernatural", by S. Addis, George Brazilier / Spencer Museum of Arts, 1985 University of Kansas.
Well-worked iron structure with large eye slots, long aquiline nose, facial wrinkles and mouth opened in an angry expression. The external red lacquer certainly applied in more recent times. The chin (lacquer with missing parts) provided with ase nagashi no ana. Two ori-kugi shaped as an upside down "L". Ear protections with holes. Black lacquered inside. Yodare-kake with five black lacquered iron blades (also in this case probably from a later time), dark blue lacing. Karasu Tengu type. Karasu Tengu are creatures of Japanese folklore and mythology with wings and a bird's head (karasu means crow). The most ancient tales describe them precisely as creatures of this kind, later they will also be represented with a human-like face with a big nose. Spiteful creatures but also endowed with supernatural powers, it was said that they were able to transmit such powers to those who worshiped them. See the classic model in Heiji Monogatari, in which Yoshitsune learns the secrets of martial arts from a Tengu from Mount Kurama. Furthermore, according to popular legend, he attributed his success in the battle of Dannoura to the training he received from Sojobo, king of the Tengu of Kurama. See "Japanese Ghost & Demons - Art of the Supernatural", by S. Addis, George Brazilier / Spencer Museum of Arts, 1985 University of Kansas.