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Manjū netsuke depicting the Earth Spider in a webfront

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Manjū netsuke depicting the Earth Spider in a web

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Japan (place of creation)
    Date
    2nd half of the 19th century
    Artist/maker
    Munetoshi (active 2nd half of the 19th century)
    Material and technique
    ivory, with carved decoration, and stained with pigment
    Dimensions
    1.8 cm (height)
    4.9 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory
    Technique index
    formed › carved,
    carved,
    coloured › stained
    Object type index
    clothing › personal accessory › sagemono › netsuke
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001.
    Accession no.
    EA2001.105

  • 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. 74 on p. 184, illus. p. 185

Glossary (2)

Manjū, netsuke

  • 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.

  • 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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