Caption

Okimono in the shape of a group of six singing people; unknown creator; Japanese, Meiji late 19th century; figurines, okimono, musicians; depiction: a courtesan with a small kamuro servant, a townswoman carrying a lantern, a wealthy merchant with a fan, a messenger with an oblong box, and a blind Buddhist monk with a shaved head leaning on a cane; sculpture; height 5.1 cm, width 5.2 cm, depth 4.5 cm., A small carved group of figures arranged in a circular composition, primarily in an off-white or cream color with darker brown and black accents; the figures wear flowing robes with carved patterns and textured hair, including a figure holding a staff and a figure with a rounded, open-mouthed expression; a few figures have hair styled in topknots or buns with dark coloring, and there are subtle brownish shading and fine engraved details on the robes and faces; the piece sits on a low round base and is photographed against a gradient gray background ranging from dark gray at the top to lighter gray near the bottom.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_178

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.2Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4499 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Okimono shape group six singing people unknown creator Japanese Meiji late 19th century figurines okimono musicians depiction courtesan small kamuro servant townswoman carrying lantern wealthy merchant fan messenger oblong box blind Buddhist monk shaved head leaning cane sculpture height 5.1 cm width 5.2 cm depth 4.5 cm small carved figures arranged circular composition primarily off-white cream color darker brown black accents figures wear flowing robes carved patterns textured hair figure holding staff figure rounded open-mouthed expression hair styled topknots buns dark coloring subtle brownish shading fine engraved details robes faces piece sits low round base photographed gradient gray background ranging dark gray top lighter gray near bottom.