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Manjū netsuke depicting an oni peering at Shōki the Demon Queller
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Osaka prefecture › Osaka (place of creation)
- Date
- 2nd half of the 19th century
- Artist/maker
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Isshinsai Masayuki (active 2nd half of the 19th century)
- Material and technique
- ivory, with carved decoration, and stained with pigment
- Dimensions
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2.3 cm (height)
5.9 cm (diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001.
- Accession no.
- EA2001.130
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 May 2006-23 December 2008, Treasures: Antiquities, Eastern Art, Coins, and Casts: Exhibition Guide, Rune Frederiksen, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), no. 148 on p. 53, illus. p. 53
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. 13 on p. 48, illus. pp. 49, 50, & 51
Glossary (4)
Manjū, Shōki, netsuke, oni
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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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Shōki
Zhong Kui, or Shōki in Japanese, is a figure from Chinese folklore who appeared to the ailing 8th century Chinese Emperor Xuanzong in a dream and dispatched the demons that were haunting him. Shōki promised the Emperor that he would rid the world of demon
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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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oni
A Japanese demon.
Location
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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