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Hako netsuke depicting the Hannya mask from the Nō play 'Dōjōji'
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Description
This netsuke is in the form of a Hannya mask used in the Nō play ‘Dōjōji’. In this play, a young girl’s love for a priest is unreciprocated, and she becomes an obsessed demon.
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Artist/maker
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Kōryūsai (active 19th century)
- Material and technique
- lacquer, inlaid with eggshell (tamagonuri); replacement silk cord
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,organic › animal › animal product › eggshell
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001.
- Accession no.
- EA2001.87
Glossary (2)
lacquer, netsuke
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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.
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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