Vintage Japanese Ainu Bear Kuma Horiguma w/ Salmon Cedar 13” Fan Please contact us for details

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and commemorates the day a boy began his samurai training

As Oda Nobunaga’s foremost lieutenant—renamed Hashiba Hideyoshi—he outpaced rivals on forced marches

long regarded as symbols of prosperity and good fortune

The date on the reverse remains 永禄三年八月日 (a day in the eighth month

Vintage Japanese Ainu Bear Kuma Horiguma w/ Salmon Cedar 13” Fan Please contact us for detailsThis vintage Japanese carving (mid late 20th century) was created by the indigenous Ainu people now mainly on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. The Ainu people traditionally carved these Kubori Kuma for religious purposes revering the Bear as a deity. Tinted red on the head and neck. Salmon in mouth. This statue measures about 7" tall by 13" long by 7" wide. The carving shows some signs of wear but is overall in very good condition. Most