Art Motives

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. Mingei - Japanese Folk Art - TOP .

- KAPPA 河童 / 合羽　/ かっぱ /　カッパ - ABC-Index -
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- Kappa Art Motives - Introduction -


My Yamashina Daruma and the Kappa Family　

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. Dolls - Kappa dolls (kappa ningyoo　河童人形　ningyo) - .
. dorei どれい / 土鈴 clay bells .
. hariko 張子 papermachee dolls .
. kokeshi こけし wooden dolls .
. maneki neko, manekineko 招き猫 beckoning cat .
. tsuchi ningyoo 土人形 tsuchiningyo clay dolls .
. tsurushibina つるし雛 / 吊るし雛 small hanging hina dolls . . .and more



. ema 絵馬 votive tablets, prayer boards .

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kabin 花瓶 flower vase
. - female Kappa 女河童 onna Kappa - .


kooro 香炉　 incense burner, kappa on a bull 牛
. - Animals and Kappa - .



. men, omote　河童面 Kappa mask, masks .
from paper and other material, Noh masks　能面　


. netsuke　根付　Netsuke .

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. kanamono 金物 things made of metal, disliked by Kappa .

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Mailbox 郵便箱 yubinbako


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statues, small, mostly metal 河童像



summer sunset -
a kappa meditates
about nothing
Gabi

- shared by Kris on facebook -

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河童かます金具 - Kappa as policeman, early Meiji period. With a frog at his legs.
kamasu kanagu かます金具 to fix robes and kimono. This one is about 2 cm long.


鼓を打つ南部鉄器河童 Kappa playing the drum, Nanbu Nambu Tetsu iron

source : 河童博物館



source : fmfukuoka.co.jp
Tetsu no Kappa 鉄の河童　 radio drama from Hibiki Fukuoka 福岡ひびき信用金庫


. . . CLICK here for Photos of metal Kappa !

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Tobacco Pouch 煙草入れ Kappa smoking - Pfeife rauchen


- shared on facebook



The black Kappa looks even more frightening . . .

A page about tobacco pouches with yokai monsters

- source : tobacco-world/journal


. Tobacco pouch 刻み煙草入れ and kiseru pipe - Introduction .
The long pipes for smoking in the Edo period, kiseru 煙管

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. tsuba　鍔 sword fitting with Kappa .

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More art motives



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Daruma Snowman and Kappa

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. Mingei　民芸 Regional Folk Art from Japan .

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