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Manjū netsuke depicting Benkei leaping over the warrior Minamoto Yoshitsune
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Description
The agile young Minamoto no Yoshitsune parrying blows from the warrior-monk Benkei in the famous fight on the Gojō Bridge in Kyoto. This scene is also depicted in the print EA1983.67.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Osaka prefecture › Osaka (place of creation)Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kyōto prefecture › Kyoto › Gojō bridge (subject)
- Date
- 1860s
- Artist/maker
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Kōhōsai (active 2nd half of the 19th century)
- Associated people
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Benkei (1155 - 1189) (subject)Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - 1189) (subject)
- Material and technique
- ivory, with carved decoration, and stained with red and black pigment
- Dimensions
- 4.6 x 5.1 x 1.7 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001.
- Accession no.
- EA2001.51
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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. 96 on pp. 236-239, illus. pp. 237-239
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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