"Hariko" "Raijin" (God of Thunder) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Hariko" "Raijin" (God of Thunder) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Hariko" "Raijin" (God of Thunder) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Hariko" "Raijin" (God of Thunder) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Hariko" "Raijin" (God of Thunder) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Hariko" "Raijin" (God of Thunder) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Hariko" "Raijin" (God of Thunder) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Hariko" "Raijin" (God of Thunder) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Hariko" "Raijin" (God of Thunder) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Hariko" "Raijin" (God of Thunder) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Hariko" "Raijin" (God of Thunder) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Hariko" "Raijin" (God of Thunder) - Traditional Japanese Figure

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"Hariko" "Raijin" (God of Thunder) - Traditional Japanese Figure

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Japanese traditional figure of Raijin (god of thunder) - handmade using the hariko technique.

Raijin is often represented as a fierce and muscular oni (demon), with wild hair, horns, and sharp claws, surrounded by a ring of Taiko drums, which he beats to produce the sound of thunder. 

This figure comes packaged in a cardboard box.

dimensions
height: 28cm
width: 12cm
depth: 6cm
weight: 60g

Hariko (papier-mâché) figure.
Handmade in Japan.


See our full range of contemporary and vintage Japanese hariko figures.


In Japanese, hariko means paper craft. It is said that this papier-mâché technique came down from China in around the Muromachi period. It spread around Japan and is commonly used for folk toys and figurines.

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