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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

    Associated place
    AsiaJapanHonshūKantōTōkyō 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
    Technique index
    formed carved,
    Object type index
    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.

Location

    • Second floor | Room 37 | Japan

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