Kogai with Long-legged Creature (""Ashinaga"")

2nd half 18th century-1st half 19th century (late Edo) L: 5 in. (12.7 cm) Citation Source image

Long-legged creatures called "ashinaga" supposedly lived on an island near Japan. They often socialized with long-armed creatures called "tenaga." The tenaga would sit on the ashinaga's shoulders to reach fruit on trees for them both to eat. This is part of a mounted set.

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19558
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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