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Manjū netsuke depicting Minamoto no Yorimitsu killing the demon Shuten dōji
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Description
The monster known as Shuten dōji was a cannibal, capturing young girls and eating them. Minamoto no Yorimitsu and his band of four men eventually tracked the monster down and tricked it with drugged wine. After slaying it, they released the captured girls.
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Details
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- Date
- c. 1860
- Artist/maker
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Shinryūsai Chikahiro (active c. 1860)
- Associated people
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Minamoto no Yorimitsu (AD 944 - 1021) (subject)
- Material and technique
- ivory, probably lathe-turned, inlaid with agate, mother-of-pearl, and coral, with carved decoration, and stained with pigment
- Dimensions
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3.1 cm (height)
7.7 cm (diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory,organic › animal › shell › pearlshell › mother-of-pearl,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001.
- Accession no.
- EA2001.76
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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. 78 on pp. 192-194, illus. p. 193
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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