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Japanese Wooden Hinged Box - Okame Face – Modern browse these categories for related items... All Items: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Wood: Pre 1980: item # 673558 Please refer to our stock # ICHI 531-A16 when inquiring.
Ichiban Japanese & Oriental Antiques Post Office Box 395 Marion, CT 06444-0395 203.272.7392 Guest Book $95.00 |
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| A fun little wooden ( probably teakwood) trinket box carved in the shape of the face of Okame on the lid – nice details to the facial expression and hair. The box measures 3 ¾” long from the top of her head to the bottom of her chin – it is 3” wide and 4 ¼” deep. Excellent condition. We date it to the about the period of 1960-1980, Showa Period. Okame is also known as Uzume and is a primitive Shinto goddess whose full name is Ame no Uzume no Mikoto, or goddess of mirth. She is commonly represented in Japanese art, usually in a humorous vein. Her artistic presentation has a round face with plump, puffed out cheeks, an always-smiling countenance and small eyes with shaven eyebrows. She has a protruding forehead covered on the top and the the sides with streaming black hair brought over the temple in two wide flat bands, then falling straight down her back. | |||||||||
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