Vintage Japanese figure of a seated osumōsan (sumo wrestler), handmade using the traditional hariko (paper craft) technique by artist Fusa Miyauchi.

This charming figure comes packaged in its original box.

In Japanese, hariko means paper craft - a papier-mache technique thought to have come from China around the Muromachi period. It spread around Japan and has been used for making figurines and folk toys.

Fusa Miyauchi was a doll artist of the Meji-Showa period and was declared a living national treasure in her lifetime.

osumōsan
height: 13.5cm
width: 13cm
depth: 13.5cm
weight: 160g

box
height: 18.5cm
width: 19cm
length: 20.5cm
weight: 215g

Hariko (paper-mache) figure.
Cardboard box.
Handmade in Japan by Fusa Miyauchi (1883-1985).

See our full range of both contemporary and vintage Japanese Hariko figures.