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Description: | Doll representing the royal retainer, also known as a shityou. the doll is wearing a white kariginu, a kind of long waistcoat, over a brocade kimono with a brown and orange design. The hat is known as an eboshi. In his hands he carries a stand on which there is a pair of shoes notionally belonging to the emperor. This doll would sit in the middle as we face the display.
caption: Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 3.3.48/18i | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | silk dolls mineral plaster dolls (toys (ceremonial artefacts & rank insignia)) War- and Peace-making silk (fiber) brocade | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-46282 | Go to resource |
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