Japan. 18th/19th c. Wood with black lacquer, eye brows and beforehand the beard inserted in horse hair. L. 22cm, w. 15,7cm. Sumiyoshi taimeisha (shrine in Hakata, Fukuoka), Soko Tsutsuno o no mikoto (on of the three Sumiyoshi sanshin deities revered in the shrine). Condition B/C. Lacquer brittle and partly flaked off, repainted.