21.91 cm (8 5/8 in.)
Brown-surfaced iron or steel with applique gold eyes and tongue; with incised inscription beneath the snake's jaw
19th-20th centuryJapaneseKaya (Japanese nutmeg) wood with traces of green/blue pigment over white gesso
14th-15th centuryJapaneseJapanese cypress (hinoki); assembled woodblock construction with polychromy and rock-crystal inlaid eyes
13th centuryJapaneseWood from the remains of the Hōryūji temple
20th centuryJapanese"Haniwa" burial figure; brick-red earthenware
4th-6th centuryJapaneseWood with pigment and traces of cut gold
14th centuryJapaneseCypress wood with pigment: multiple-block construction
18th-19th centuryJapaneseJapanese cypress wood with traces of lacquer polychromy
11th centuryJapaneseWood, single-woodblock construction; with traces of polychromy over white gesso ground
12th-13th centuryJapaneseCypress wood with lacquer and traces of cut gold-leaf
14th centuryJapaneseIron
Japanese
Black granite
20th centuryJapanese