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Manjū netsuke depicting Tamamo no Mae, with Nasu Moor on the reverse
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Description
Tamamo no Mae was the beautiful mistress of an ailing emperor. A victim of fox-possession, it was she who was causing the emperor’s sickness. When her identity was discovered, she became a nine-tailed fox and fled to Nasu Moor where she turned into a poisonous stone. Tamamo no Mae is also depicted in the print EAX.4245.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Osaka prefecture › Osaka (possible place of creation)
- Date
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Artist/maker
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Baihōsai Naomitsu (active late 18th century - early 19th century)
- Material and technique
- ivory, probably lathe-turned, with carved decoration, and stained with black and red pigment; replacement cord, probably silk
- Dimensions
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3.1 cm (height)
7.5 cm (diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory,organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 3
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001.
- Accession no.
- EA2001.101
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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. 81 on p. 200, illus. p. 201
Glossary (2)
Manjū, netsuke
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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.
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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.
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
Tales in the Round: Manjū Netsuke and Japanese Woodblock Prints
(from 30th Apr until 22nd Sep 2013)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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