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Japan 1600-1850 gallery

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Manjū netsuke with a boy playing with a spinning topfront

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  • Manjū netsuke with a boy playing with a spinning top (back)
  • Manjū netsuke with a boy playing with a spinning top (oblique)
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Manjū netsuke with a boy playing with a spinning top

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Japan (place of creation)
    Date
    1831 - 1900
    Artist/maker
    Kōrin (active c. 1831 - c. 1900)
    Material and technique
    ivory, lathe-turned, with carved decoration, and stained with pigment
    Dimensions
    4.65 cm (diameter)
    1.6 cm (height)
    Material index
    organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory
    Technique index
    turned,
    formed › carved,
    carved,
    coloured › stained
    Object type index
    clothing › personal accessory › sagemono › netsuke
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001.
    Accession no.
    EA2001.36

  • 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. 54 on p. 138, illus. pp. 138 & 139

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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