Sacred Art & Iconography
Fireman's Jacket with a Susanoo-no-mikoto Deity Scene (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.158a to c)
Japanese quilted cotton hikeshi-banten, Edo to Meiji period, mid-19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1983.158a to c
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A quilted cotton fireman's jacket, hikeshi-banten, Japanese, Edo to Meiji period, mid-19th century, dyed by tube-drawn paste-resist (tsutsugaki) with hand-painted details showing Susanoo-no-mikoto. The Metropolitan Museum's own title names the deity outright. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 1983.158a to c, Asian Art department, Purchase, Irene Lewisohn and Alice L. Crowley Bequests, 1983.
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Physical Form
MediumQuilted cotton, dyed using tube drawn paste resist, tsutsugaki, with hand painted details. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Susanoo directly: "with hand-painted details showing Susanoo-no-mikoto."
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The Metropolitan Museum's own title, "Fireman's Jacket (Hikeshi-Banten) with Susanoo-no-mikoto Deity Scene," names the deity outright as the jacket's protective lining scene.
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