Noh Bronze Performer Sculpture & Antique Wood Jurojin

Solid metal statue of a Noh Performer (brass or bronze), and a wood Jurojin holding a fawn. Deer has broken leg (that has been repaired), and another leg and antler that is missing. Noh Performer is 11” tall, and is 12”.

The Noh is a traditional Japanese art and also it has been winning general applause as“a grace of performing art.” The costume of the Noh Doll keeps the strict standards like the actual performers and is crafted by embodying the authenticity and beauty of the Noh play. The selected collections on our website; “Hagoromo,” “Matsukaze,” “Okina” and “Shojo” are the icons of the Noh doll.

“Okina”
One of Japanese performing arts called “Okina” is especially considered as holy and highly prestigious.
Thus, it is performed only on a special occasion; New year’s, etc.
There is no plot or setting, it is for praying for world peace, national tranquility, and successful harvests.

Jurojin is a syncretic deity, a combination of Chinese Daoist belief, historical figures, and Buddhist imagery. Appearing as an old man, he is relatively short, only 90 centimeters (2’11”), with a bald head and a smiling face. His spine curved, he relies on a staff, upon which is tied either a scroll that recounts the lifespan of all living things or a Buddhist sutra (sacred text). In his other hand he carries a fan. He is accompanied by several animals, including a tortoise and a crane, but his most constant companion is a deer. In the pre-modern world, each of these creatures was believed to live for hundreds or thousands of years, making them symbols of longevity.

Perhaps the most important symbol to Jurojin (and one he shares with Fukurokuju) is the Southern Polestar. The polestars in Chinese lore are important points where sages live, and Jurojin is said to symbolize and inhabit the Southern polestar.

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