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Manjū netsuke depicting the Daoist immortal Bashikō performing acupuncture on a dragon
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Description
Bashikō was a veterinary surgeon who was presented with a sick dragon. He applied acupuncture to its throat and the grateful dragon was cured.
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- mid-19th century
- Artist/maker
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Meikōsai Hōichi (active mid-19th century) (artist)
- Associated people
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Ma Shihuang (active c. 2600 BC) (subject)
- Material and technique
- ivory, probably lathe-turned, with carved decoration, inlaid with gold, and stained with pigment; kebori (fine line) engraving on the reverse
- Dimensions
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1.7 cm (height)
4.5 cm (diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001.
- Accession no.
- EA2001.104
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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. 1 on p. 22, illus. p. 23
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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