Japanese possibly-Yokai, age UNKNOWN
#1
Posted 23 June 2011 - 05:27 PM
This turtle flips over to reveal an old man. It's probably a Yokai, but maybe not, as a thing with the appearance of another is kind of a common Japanese visual theme. We found this while looking through objects dating from very recent to about 70-80 years old, so there is no way to know how old this is.
Is it a Yokai?
Is it something specific?
And yes, it is plastic. Please help, if you can!
#2
Posted 23 June 2011 - 05:37 PM
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Posted 23 June 2011 - 10:42 PM
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#6
Posted 24 June 2011 - 07:14 AM
#7
Posted 24 June 2011 - 09:15 AM
i think we should make some customs of this guy.
GITD would be awesome...
#8
Posted 24 June 2011 - 11:36 PM
Just send it to me aI want to make a mold and shoot it back to you with some sample casts.... I can't stop looking at it it's awesome!
I might! Send me a PM in the meantime, though.
-My grandmother recently passed away (We had been taking care of her for the last year and a half). She had a pretty big collection of turtles, most of which we split up to give to people she had loved or cared for, or who had cared about her as special little gifts. Her turtles went back to about the 1920s, when she was in college. So that's why I have no idea how to date this one, although I ASSUME her sister, who travelled the world, bought it for her in Japan some time ago.
And yeah, this is one of the turtles we're keeping. Among some of the really sentimental ones (like her first), there's this, which is absolutely visually interesting.
Edited by Ridureyu, 24 June 2011 - 11:39 PM.
#9
Posted 25 June 2011 - 01:54 AM
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Posted 25 June 2011 - 10:38 AM
#14
Posted 26 June 2011 - 11:23 AM
#16
Posted 27 June 2011 - 09:55 AM
She went right back into the water after this photo.. I almost wanted to adopt her, but I figured she'd be happier in the forest!
#17
Posted 27 June 2011 - 12:46 PM
http://www.littlerubberguys.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=30320&view=findpost&p=264442
#18
Posted 27 June 2011 - 01:22 PM
Ivory has a very distinct appearance, and it just doesn't look like it from here.
#19
Posted 01 July 2011 - 07:52 PM
ALTHOUGH... if it is a Netsuke (not a "real" one, but a gift shop brand), then those holes would be there to "represent" holes on a real one which would have string looped through them.
Edited by Ridureyu, 01 July 2011 - 07:53 PM.
#20
Posted 01 July 2011 - 11:37 PM
ALTHOUGH... if it is a Netsuke (not a "real" one, but a gift shop brand), then those holes would be there to "represent" holes on a real one which would have string looped through them.
AH!! Now that makes a lot of sense. So possibly a remold of an existing Netsuke style figurine?
I didn't mean the holes were injection points though, but literally as I said, the spots where the ejector pins would press the casting from the mold. Like those little circle marks on the back of muscle figures and the like. But your suggestion makes a lot more sense anyway.
#22
Posted 09 July 2011 - 06:14 PM
#23
Posted 09 July 2011 - 08:47 PM
Here it is from a few angles:
Here you can clearly see that it's signed:
In these two pics, you can see what might be a seam or molding line.
Note that it cannot "Stand" without leaning on something. This is, after all, a decorative clasp (sorta, the holes are filled in), not a keshi.
That odd rectangle might be a label. unsure.
Here it is with a MUSCLE:
Again, it doesn't feel like plastic, but it might be plastic. It's very hard to tell.
#24
Posted 09 July 2011 - 09:09 PM
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