Kinko (禁狐) poseable art doll [PREORDER]

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*** The Kinko in the pictures is a previously made sample. The one you will recive may have minor differences in paintjob***

Poseable Kinko artdoll. Each doll measures about 12cm tall (height may vary depending on the pose of the legs) and 21cm of wingspan. The body, dice-shaped snout, card-shaped wings and feet are 3D modelled and printed in resin. Body, snout and feet are hand painted with acrylic paint. images in the wings are digitally printed on paper and glued to a resin base. Legs and tail have an inner articulated plastic armature that allows poseability. Legs are hand sewn using synthetic fur fabric (vegan friendly). Wings are attached to the body through plastic articulations and they can be taken off for better safety for travel or storage.

ABOUT KINKO IN JAPANESE FOLKLORE (Extracted from Yokai.com by Matthew Meyers):

Kinko are a kind of fox that takes on the appearance of a cup used to gamble in the dice game chō-han. The cup has fox-like eyes, legs, and a tail, and two wing-like limbs which look like cards used in the betting game oicho-kabu. They are said to be born in the high mountains of Kugeyama, near the capital Heiankyō in Yamashiro Province (present-day southern Kyōto Prefecture). From there they spread throughout the entire country. They are active day and night, and they will devour anything at all—however they prefer to consume money and clothing.

Every year the shogunate would issue orders throughout the provinces to exterminate these yōkai foxes, and while hunting parties were sent out, they were never successful at eliminating them.

Kinko comes from the yōkai scroll Chikuzen bakomono emaki. They are pun-based yōkai, rather than a folkloric one, and used as a metaphor for gambling. The anonymous author of the scroll explains that yōkai are not real, and while shape-changing animals like cats and foxes exist, they don’t pose a threat to humans. There are only three things that truly endanger the lives of men: women, sake, and this kinko (i.e. gambling).

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Please, notice this is a handmade piece of art and it's delicate. Paintjob can be scratched and resin pieces may break if not handled with care. This is not a toy and it's no suitable for children.

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