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Guardian Mask
Guardian Mask
Guardian Mask
Guardian Mask
Guardian Mask
Guardian Mask
Guardian Mask
Guardian Mask

Japanese Ceramics

Guardian Mask

$115.00

  • Ceramic wall hanging
  • Hand painted enamel
  • Considered traditional Okinawan folk art
  • Originated in the pottery district of Tsuboya in the city of Naha in 1682
  • Features a Komainu, or lion-dog, a traditional Japanese guardian figure
  • Made in the region of Kyushu, Japan


Tsuboya Kiln (Okinawa)

Producing jars, plates, bowls, sake bottles and various other types of tableware, old traditions of folk art pottery have been well preserved in the Tsuboya Kiln. The influences of Korea, Kyushu, and Vietnam are visible in Okinawan pottery, but it has distinctive characteristics differing from those of the main Japanese islands.