Netsuke

Museum number:
9-7824
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1-88 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2384
Object count:
1
Description:
Netsuke: man (seated) wearing cape and hood; holds tip of long white beard with right hand, holds bulging ear lobe with other. Made by Bokusai, who lived and worked in both Kyoto and Tokyo.
Donor:
Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Geraldine C. Robson
Collection date:
before 1940
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Production date:
1801-1868
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
Toggle to be attached to the end of a cord and thrust through the sash of a kimono for the support of a purse, pouch or lacquer box.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 4.6 centimeters
Loans:
S1975-1976 #83: Chancellor's House (May 19, 1976–July 10, 1990)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7824, described as Netsuke: man (seated) wearing cape and hood; holds tip of long white beard with right hand, holds bulging ear lobe with other. Made by Bokusai, who lived and worked in both Kyoto and Tokyo.Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7824, described as Netsuke: man (seated) wearing cape and hood; holds tip of long white beard with right hand, holds bulging ear lobe with other. Made by Bokusai, who lived and worked in both Kyoto and Tokyo.Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7824, described as Netsuke: man (seated) wearing cape and hood; holds tip of long white beard with right hand, holds bulging ear lobe with other. Made by Bokusai, who lived and worked in both Kyoto and Tokyo.Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7824, described as Netsuke: man (seated) wearing cape and hood; holds tip of long white beard with right hand, holds bulging ear lobe with other. Made by Bokusai, who lived and worked in both Kyoto and Tokyo.Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7824, described as Netsuke: man (seated) wearing cape and hood; holds tip of long white beard with right hand, holds bulging ear lobe with other. Made by Bokusai, who lived and worked in both Kyoto and Tokyo.Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7824, described as Netsuke: man (seated) wearing cape and hood; holds tip of long white beard with right hand, holds bulging ear lobe with other. Made by Bokusai, who lived and worked in both Kyoto and Tokyo.Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7824, described as Netsuke: man (seated) wearing cape and hood; holds tip of long white beard with right hand, holds bulging ear lobe with other. Made by Bokusai, who lived and worked in both Kyoto and Tokyo.Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7824, described as Netsuke: man (seated) wearing cape and hood; holds tip of long white beard with right hand, holds bulging ear lobe with other. Made by Bokusai, who lived and worked in both Kyoto and Tokyo.Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7824, described as Netsuke: man (seated) wearing cape and hood; holds tip of long white beard with right hand, holds bulging ear lobe with other. Made by Bokusai, who lived and worked in both Kyoto and Tokyo.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7824, described as Netsuke: man (seated) wearing cape and hood; holds tip of long white beard with right hand, holds bulging ear lobe with other. Made by Bokusai, who lived and worked in both Kyoto and Tokyo.

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