The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for a quilted cotton fireman's jacket, hikeshi-banten, Japanese, Edo to Meiji period, mid-19th century, dyed and hand-painted with a Susanoo-no-mikoto deity scene. The record's own title names Susanoo-no-mikoto directly, the reversible garment's protective lining showing a heroic scene of the kind conventionally worn by Edo period firefighters. Purchase, Irene Lewisohn and Alice L. Crowley Bequests, 1983. Accession number 1983.158a to c.
Facts
Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82175
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its title, medium and accession number, whose title itself names the deity depicted. Connections
Associated With
This source names Susanoo directly: "century, dyed and hand-painted with a Susanoo-no-mikoto deity scene."
Source Fireman's Jacket with a Susanoo-no-mikoto Deity Scene, accession 1983.158a to c (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
This source names Susanoo directly: "century, dyed and hand-painted with a Susanoo-no-mikoto deity scene."
Source Fireman's Jacket with a Susanoo-no-mikoto Deity Scene, accession 1983.158a to c (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Claims Backed By This Source (17 claims)
This source backs 17 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 10 claims: 4 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
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