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12/31/2014

Kappa netsuke

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- Netsuke with Kappa 河童根付  -


source : www.metmuseum.org
Netsuke of Kappa Leading Blind Man


. zatoo 座頭 blind minstrel - Introduction .

. - benevolent Kappa 慈善河童 jizen no Kappa - .


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source : Matt on facebook

19th century netsuke: kappa tea-time!

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Kappa - with Seaweed Blanket on Shell
Signed: Gashi (Gasho). Circa: early 1900's




Kappa - Stealing Cucumber
Signature: Ryoshu. Circa: 19th Century





MORE kappa netsuke from the Buddha Museum
source : www.buddhamuseum.com



. - Food with Kappa 食べ物 / 食事 - .  
The favorite food of a Kappa
kyuuri キュウリ cucumbers, Gurken 


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Ebisu and Kappa



Kappa commanded by Ebisu (god of the ocean)

- source : Mark Schumacher

. Ebisu えびす 恵比寿  .



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- - - Kappa and Monk wrestling





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Kappa on catfish



source : Matt on facebook

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. PINTEREST - Kappa Netsuke - large collection .


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source : Julien on facebook

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
carved from a stag antler by Homin (1800–1868).

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Kappa and Fish 河童(かっぱ)と魚

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. Netsuke 根付 .
- Introduction -
miniature sculptures that were introduced in the 17th-century to serve a practical function, to fix personal belongings to their robes.

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. Mingei 民芸 Regional Folk Art from Japan .

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12/29/2014

mask omote men

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- KAPPA - 河童 / 合羽 / かっぱ / カッパ - Art Motives -
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- men omote - kappa no men 河童面 Kappa masks -

. men, omote 面 mask, masks - Maske - Introduction .
Masks have been used for ritual dances since olden times.
They can be carved from wood or made from other material, especially paper.
Now they are also made as toys or for festivals.


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- source and details : nohmask21.com

Kappa mask for the Noh Theater.

. Noh Theater 能 - Introduction .


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Suitenguu 水天宮 Shrine of the Water God
東京都中央区日本橋蛎殻町二丁目4番1号 Tokyo

It features the mask of a Lucky Kappa, a water goblin, called
Fuku-Taroo - Fukutaro 河童は、福を呼ぶ.

Sometimes, even a Kappa is some form of Suijinsama.
This is an amulet against water damage, fire and avoiding all evil.






dorei 土鈴 Kappa clay bell
amulet from the Suitengu shrine to ward off evil
水天宮の厄よけの土鈴 - also Kurume, Fukuoka


. Suitengu 水天宮 Shrines for the Water God .


. 蛎殻町 Kakigaracho, Kakigara district . - Chuo


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Modern Mask of Onna Kappa (Female Kappa)
by Ryoji Otsuka
- source : Mark Schumacher

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. men, omote 面 mask, masks - Maske - Introduction .

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. Mingei 民芸 Regional Folk Art from Japan .


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ema votive tablets

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. . Tanuki and Kappa 狸 と 河童    .

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Jozankei 定山渓河童絵馬 votive tablet



. Jozankei Hot Spring, Hokkaido 定山渓 北海道 .

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. ema 絵馬 votive tablets and prayer boards .
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. Mingei 民芸 Regional Folk Art from Japan .

. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

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12/28/2014

Paintings, scrolls, prints

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- KAPPA - 河童 / 合羽 / かっぱ / カッパ - ABC-Index -
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- Paintings, scrolls, prints -

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How to paint a Kappa

Teachers are  
「岩崎巴人」「伊藤薫風」「大瀧巨峰」「佐々木鐵心」「鷹野原鳳悦」「山本正雄」「山田玉鐘」の各氏です。
平成3年、秀作社出版株式会社
- source : kappauv.com/sub3/hakubutu

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. - kaikidan ekotoba 怪奇談絵詞 monster scroll - .
Fukuoka City Museum

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Ushiku town 牛久市 , Ibaraki - Kappa Study Center かっぱの里生涯学習センタ


第51図 「観音妙智力」 Kannon Myochi Riki - Kappa seeking wisdom from Kannon Bosatsu

ami ni kurumaru 網にくるまる
nio no ukizu 鳰の浮巣 floating nest of a water bird
riryuu no tama to kappa 驪龍の珠とカッパ black dragon and Kappa
Ushimata Buzaemon 牛股武左衛門

with 河童百図 100 paintings of a Kappa
- source : www.city.ushiku.lg.jp


. - Ushiku 牛久 in Ibaraki - .

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kakejiku 掛け軸 hanging scrolls



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part of a kakejiku by Sokan (Sookan)


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. Aima Taroo 合間 太郎 Aima Taro painting .


foxibiri



kappa of the yokai series by foxibiri

- source : Pinterest Kappa Gallery

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Kappa in a Shop of Stencil-dyed Goods 合羽品の店に河童
Issunshi Hanasato (一寸子 花里, active mid-1840s),


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. Iwasaki Hajin 岩崎巴人 .
Kappa and Daruma


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Nagai Iku 永井郁子 (1955 - ) woodblock prints 挿絵画家


Flute Playing Kappa

Kappa Walking with A Lantern
Kappa Sitting on A Tree
Kappa Walking with Child
Kappa Beauty . . . and many more
- source : pinterest

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. Ogawa Usen 小川芋銭 . (1868-1938)

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. - Sakuma Asuka Sakuma 佐久間あすか - .
painter from Ushikunuma 牛久沼

Kappa ballet / Kappa doing Karuta / Kappa Festival Illustrations / Kappa eating melon / Lady Kappa / Kappa in a lotus field / kappatsurishi - and more


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. Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 - prints .


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. Scrolls with Daruma 掛け軸 kakejiku .
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Animals and Kappa

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- KAPPA - 河童 / 合羽 / かっぱ / カッパ - ABC-Index -
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- Animals and Kappa -

Some animals have a special relationship with the Kappa.

Some animals have their own page, please check the hyperlinks.

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blowfish 河豚 fugu






渋うちわ 仙扇 かっぱ/ふぐ提灯 hand fan with kappa and blowfish
source : bazart.jp



- source : 松見ムクロ先生


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carp 鯉 koi, goldfish 金魚 kingyo



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catfish 鯰 namazu


なまずに乗る 河童キーホルダー Kappa on a namazu catfish - keyholder

Very extensive resource
- source : kappauv.com

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cow, bull 牛 ushi


at rakuten
Kappa on a bull, incense burner 香炉 


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eel うなぎ 鰻 unagi



. . . kappa morphed into a large unagi eel (「神うなぎ」) which is treated as divine
方倉(宝倉)神社 / Hokura Jinja / Itsuki Island 生月島
河童の化身といわれる大鰻(うなぎ)
. Hokura Jinja Kyushu .


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fox / kitsune 狐 / 稲荷 the Fox Deity



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. - horse 駒 koma / 馬 . 午 uma - Pferd - .
komahiki. komabiki 駒引き / 河童駒引 Kappa the “horse puller”

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. - komainu, koma-inu 狛犬 lion dog - .
guardian animal in front of a Shinto shrine

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. - monkey - enkoo, enkō 猿猴 / saru 猿 - Affe - .
- - - - - monkey-related names of the kappa 猿猴系
Kawazaru, Kawa-saru 川猿 "river monkey"
honkoo ホンコウ Honko
yunkosan ユンコサン
engozaru、エンゴザル


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octopus 蛸と河童 tako
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Panda
. Panda Kappa パンダかっぱ .


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. Tanuki and Kappa 狸 と 河童 - toys -   





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. Kappa and Tanuki 河童と狸 - kokeshi こけし wooden doll .


. Tanuki 狸 Badger, Racoon Dog - Introduction .    

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12/27/2014

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



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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
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. 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

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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


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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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