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Kitsune
unknown authorBeginning 20th century
Museu do Oriente
Lisboa, Portugal
Sanctuary mask portraying Kitsune, messenger of the kami Inari.
Demons and spirits are beings that populate the Japanese collective imagination. The Kitsune fox is the messenger of Inari, a kami, or spirit, of the Shinto religion, dedicated to rice and general prosperity.
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Details
- Title: Kitsune
- Creator: unknown author
- Date Created: Beginning 20th century
- Location: Japan
- Physical Dimensions: 19,9 x 13,6 x 6,8 cm
- Type: mask
- Rights: Fundação Oriente - Museu do Oriente
- External Link: http://www.museudooriente.pt/
- Medium: Wood
- Photographer: Fundação Oriente - Museu do Oriente / João Silveira Ramos
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