{"id":250,"date":"2022-02-28T23:06:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/?p=250"},"modified":"2022-02-28T23:06:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T14:06:00","slug":"palace-doll-mitate-noh-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/?p=250","title":{"rendered":"Palace Doll \u00a0 Mitate, Noh Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kansei era (1789\u20131801) Donated by Sait\u014d Sh\u014dji<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Palace dolls, or gosh\u014d ningy\u014d, are child-like dolls characterized by chubby figures, fair skin, small hands and legs, and large heads. Treasured in the imperial court, they express hope for happiness and prosperity in life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Mitate\u2019 can be loosely translated as \u2018allusion\u2019 or \u2018parody,\u2019 and is often used in Noh performances, using familiar objects such as fans or wig containers to represent other actions. Although the Noh performance this doll alludes to is unknown, the large tachibana orange blossom design on its \u2018hitatare\u2019 kimono\u2013\u2013a large square-cut coat with cord-laced sleeve edges typically worn by samurai men\u2013\u2013suggests it was a festive one. It has a distinctive, round face, and its right toe peeking out from under its kimono suggests that the doll seems to be in motion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansei era (1789\u20131801) Donated by Sait\u014d Sh\u014dji Palace dolls, or gosh\u014d ningy\u014d, are child-like dolls characterize&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}