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Fireman's Jacket with a Susanoo-no-mikoto Deity Scene (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.158a to c)

Japanese Shinto Art

A quilted cotton fireman's jacket, hikeshi-banten, Japanese, Edo to Meiji period, mid-19th century, dyed by tube-drawn paste-resist (tsutsugaki) with hand-painted details showing Susanoo-no-mikoto. The Metropolitan Museum's own title names the deity outright. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 1983.158a to c, Asian Art department, Purchase, Irene Lewisohn and Alice L. Crowley Bequests, 1983.

Facts
Physical Form
Medium
Quilted cotton, dyed using tube drawn paste resist, tsutsugaki, with hand painted details. 1
Classification
Object Type
Textile or Embroidery 1
Medium (class)
Textile 1
Connections

Associated With

Susanoo, Deities

This source names Susanoo directly: "with hand-painted details showing Susanoo-no-mikoto."

Source Fireman's Jacket with a Susanoo-no-mikoto Deity Scene, accession 1983.158a to c (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Belongs to Tradition

Shinto, Religions
Source Fireman's Jacket with a Susanoo-no-mikoto Deity Scene, accession 1983.158a to c (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Depicts

Susanoo, Figures

The Metropolitan Museum's own title, "Fireman's Jacket (Hikeshi-Banten) with Susanoo-no-mikoto Deity Scene," names the deity outright as the jacket's protective lining scene.

Source Fireman's Jacket with a Susanoo-no-mikoto Deity Scene, accession 1983.158a to c (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Originated In

Japan, Regions
Source Fireman's Jacket with a Susanoo-no-mikoto Deity Scene, accession 1983.158a to c (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Sources
1. Fireman's Jacket with a Susanoo-no-mikoto Deity Scene, accession 1983.158a to c (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • accession 1983.158a to c
  • catalogue record, medium/object-type description
    A quilted cotton fireman's jacket, hikeshi-banten, Japanese, Edo to Meiji period, mid-19th century, dyed by tube-drawn paste-resist (tsutsugaki) with hand-painted details showing Susanoo-no-mikoto.
  • Originated In: Japan, Collection record: culture, country and region fields
    Japanese
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Nihon Shoki (Wikipedia)
In Group: Three Precious Children (Sankishi), the Metropolitan Museum of Art accession record identifies the jacket's scene as a Susanoo-no-mikoto deity sceneView the Source
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