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vintage Japanese wooden festival horse
vintage Japanese wooden festival horse
vintage Japanese wooden festival horse
vintage Japanese wooden festival horse
vintage Japanese wooden festival horse
vintage Japanese wooden festival horse
vintage Japanese wooden festival horse
vintage Japanese wooden festival horse

vintage Japanese wooden festival horse

$78.00

Wearing its festival finery, this little wooden horse looks ready for a well-earned day off. It depicts the horses of Chagu Chagu Umakko (a horse festival in Iwate), a celebration that grew from farming families’ affection for their working animals. Horses are dressed in elaborate trappings and taken to a shrine in thanks for their work, with prayers for their good health.

Wood with textile decorations, cords and metal bells.

17 × 9.5 × 5 cm

sourced in Japan.