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Details
- Alternative title
- Fox spirit
- Place where the work was made
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Tokyo
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Japan
- Date
- 2015
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- paulownia (kiri), paint; carving
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 14.0 x 14.0 cm
- Credit
- Roger Pietri Fund 2019
- Location
- South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries
- Accession number
- 161.2019
- Copyright
- © Kitazawa Hideta
- Artist information
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Kitazawa Hideta
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About
Tenko celestial foxes are considered to be more than 1000 years old. With nine tails, extraordinary vision and the ability to foresee the future, they are the most supremely powerful of all Japan’s magical foxes (kitsune). Tenko masks are often combined with long tousled wigs in red or white for sacred Shinto kagura dance performances.
This mask was worn by Sydney-based dancer Yoke Shin in the contemporary nō play 'Oppenheimer' when it was performed at the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney in 2015.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Japan Supernatural, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Nov 2019–08 Mar 2020
Elemental, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jul 2022–2024
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Provenance
Kitazawa Hideta, 2015-Oct 2019, Japan, purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Oct 2019.