"Kintarō" (Golden Boy) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Kintarō" (Golden Boy) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Kintarō" (Golden Boy) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Kintarō" (Golden Boy) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Kintarō" (Golden Boy) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Kintarō" (Golden Boy) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Kintarō" (Golden Boy) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Kintarō" (Golden Boy) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Kintarō" (Golden Boy) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Kintarō" (Golden Boy) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Kintarō" (Golden Boy) - Traditional Japanese Figure
"Kintarō" (Golden Boy) - Traditional Japanese Figure

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"Kintarō" (Golden Boy) - Traditional Japanese Figure

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Japanese traditional figure "Kintarō" (Golden Boy) - handmade using the hariko technique.

Kintarō is a popular figure in Japanese folk lore - said to be a child of superhuman strength who was raised in the mountains and befriended by wild animals. He's often depicted (as he is in this figure) riding a bear and holding a large koi fish.

This figure features a moving bear head and is packaged in a cardboard box.

dimensions
height: 24cm
width: 15cm
depth: 15cm
base: 7 x 7.5cm
weight: 75g

Hariko (papier-mâché) figure with moving bear head.
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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