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Tales in the Round: Manjū Netsuke and Japanese Woodblock Prints

(from 30th Apr until 22nd Sep 2013)

Discover dramatic episodes from Japanese culture in these exquisitely carved objects and prints.

Detail of a manju netsuke depicting Minamoto Yoshitsune practising martial arts with a tengu demon,
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Manjū netsuke depicting the lion dance from the Nō play Shakkyō

  • Details

    Associated place
    Japan (place of creation)
    Osaka (possible place of creation)
    Tōkyō (possible place of creation)
    Date
    1820 - 1860
    Artist/maker
    Kōsai Moritoshi (active c. 1820 - c. 1860)
    Material and technique
    ivory, probably lathe-turned, with carved decoration, and stained with red, green, and brown pigment
    Dimensions
    2 cm (height)
    4.4 cm (diameter)
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    No. of items
    2
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001.
    Accession no.
    EA2001.38
  • 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. 67 on p. 166, illus. p. 167

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Manjū, netsuke

Location

    • currently in research collection

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