Artworks

Human/feline figurine

Artwork · Anonymous · c. 2500 BCE–c. 1500 BCE · dogū · Tokyo National Museum

Head and torso of a Middle Jōmon figurine between human and cat: slanting eyes cut through the clay, a three-lobed mouth, incised marks like tattoos, a spotted pattern like fur; one hand rests on the breast. 1 Mason 2005, p. 19, fig. 10. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.