3-207 (original number), 4-367 (original number), and 5-314 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2384
Object count:
1
Description:
Netsuke: standing demon with horns. Torch in left hand, fan in right.
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
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 7 centimeters
Comment:
Per Robeson Accession: Netsuke in old ivory of standing oni, with a torch and fan. The Oni, who when the torches burn and dreams are rife, fans the disturbed brain into troublous dreams and nightmares. His name is Ringhetsu.
Loans:
S1975-1976 #83: Chancellor's House (May 19, 1976–July 10, 1990)