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1 1/2" (4 cm.) - 2 1/2". The kamo-ningyo set depicting a kyogen theatrical performance of Tsurigitsune (Fox Trapping), includes the kitsune (fox) dressed as a Buddhist priest with a robe wearing a fox mask atop his head revealing his face; the hunter/trapper depicted seated with right knee raised, wearing a silk brocade kamishimo wide shouldered vest; and a third unrelated figure which depicts a larger scale chigo court page with a binboku or chigowa court page looped hairstyle. Loss of hands. Edo Period, circa 1800. Kamo-ningyo were a specialty souvenir item around the Kamo Shrine in Kyoto during the Edo Period and are prized for the outsized personalities contained in these small forms.