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Tonkotsu, or tobacco container, attached to a gourd-shaped netsuke and an ojime
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1850 - 1890
- Artist/maker
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Shibata Zeshin (1807 - 1891)
- Material and technique
- bamboo tonkotsu, with takamaki-e lacquer decoration; bamboo netsuke, with metal ring; coral ojime; silk cord
- Dimensions
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tonkotsu 7.2 x 4.9 x 3.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
netsuke 5.1 cm (height)
netsuke 2.6 cm (diameter)
ojime 1.4 x 1.3 x 0.7 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk
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container › pouch › tobacco-pouch › tonkotsu,clothing › personal accessory › sagemono › ojime,
- No. of items
- 4
- Credit line
- Purchased with the assistance of Sir Herbert Ingram, 1967.
- Accession no.
- EA1967.127
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Further reading
Impey, O. R., and M. Tregear, Oriental Lacquer: Chinese and Japanese Lacquer from the Ashmolean Museum Collections (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1983), no. 9 b on p. x, illus. p. 9
Glossary (3)
lacquer, netsuke, takamaki-e
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lacquer
Chinese and Japanese lacquer is made from the sap of the lacquer tree, which is indigenous to Eastern China. It is applied to wood as a varnish or for decorative effect. In India and the Middle East, lacquer is made from the deposit of the lac insect.
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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.
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takamaki-e
(high relief sprinkled design’) makie technique in which parts of the design are built up with lacquer mixed with charcoal or clay dust
Location
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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Publications online
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Oriental Lacquer: Chinese and Japanese Lacquer from the Ashmolean Collections
Inro, single case. A spray of epidendrum in coloured lacquers on a natural piece of bamboo, by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891).
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