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Manjū netsuke depicting Taira no Koremochi with a witch

  • Description

    The warrior Taira no Koremochi shared a picnic with a princess on Mount Togakushi and fell asleep. On waking, he was confronted by the princess transformed into a witch. He quickly dispatched her with a sword given to him by the god Hachiman.

  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia Japan (place of creation)
    AsiaJapanHonshūKantōTōkyō prefecture Tōkyō (probable place of creation)
    AsiaJapanHonshūOsaka prefecture Osaka (possible place of creation)
    Date
    1860 - 1890
    Artist/maker
    Ichiyūsai Naoharu (active c. 1860 - c. 1890)
    Associated people
    Taira no Koremochi (active 10th century AD) (subject)
    Material and technique
    ivory, probably lathe-turned, with carved decoration, and stained with red and black pigment
    Dimensions
    2.3 cm (height)
    5.6 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    formed carved,
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001.
    Accession no.
    EA2001.75
  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 23 April-22 September 2013, Manjū: Netsuke from the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Joyce Seaman, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2013), no. 72 on p. 178, illus. pp. 179, 180, & 181

Glossary (2)

Manjū, netsuke

  • Manjū

    The manjū is a type of netsuke or toggle which takes its name from a round, sweet, bean paste-filled bun. A greater dynamism can often be achieved on the front and back of the netsuke than with other three-dimensional carving.

  • netsuke

    The netsuke is a form of toggle that was used to secure personal items suspended on cords from the kimono sash. These items included purses, medicine cases or tobacco paraphernalia.

Location

    • currently in research collection

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