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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,
Ryūsa-style netsuke depicting a retainer of Minamoto no Yorimitsu slaying a goblinfront

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  • Ryūsa-style netsuke depicting a retainer of Minamoto no Yorimitsu slaying a goblin (back)
  • Ryūsa-style netsuke depicting a retainer of Minamoto no Yorimitsu slaying a goblin (detail)
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Ryūsa-style netsuke depicting a retainer of Minamoto no Yorimitsu slaying a goblin

  • Description

    An attendant of Minamoto no Yorimitsu slaying a monster. The monster formed part of the entourage of the Earth Spider, whose web stretches over an array of peculiar creatures on the reverse.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of creation)
    Date
    mid-19th century
    Artist/maker
    Yamada Gyokuhōsai (active mid-19th century)
    Material and technique
    ivory, with carved decoration, and stained with pigment
    Dimensions
    1.4 x 4.3 x 4 cm (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory
    Technique index
    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.
    EA2001.122

  • 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. 75 on pp. 184-186, illus. p. 187

Glossary

netsuke

  • 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

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Location

    • Second floor | Room 37 | Japan

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