Netsuke
- Museum number:
- 9-7704
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090007704
- Alternate number:
- 5-65 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2384
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Netsuke: boy seated; sticking out his tongue and pointing finger toward his eye (this gesture is called Bekkako, the pulling down of the lower eyelid). Holds demon mask, in right hand, behind him. Made of wood inlaid with ivory-lined himetoshi. Signed by Shugetsu.
- Donor:
- Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson
- Collection place:
- Japan
- Production place:
- Ōsaka Prefecture, Kansai region and Tokyo Metropolis, South Kanto, Kanto region
- Culture or time period:
- Japanese
- Maker or artist:
- Shūgetsu
- Collector:
- Geraldine C. Robson
- Collection date:
- before 1940
- Materials:
- Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Production date:
- 1800-1868
- 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:
- Cat. 9 - Asia (incl. Russia east of Urals)
- Dimensions:
- height 3.3 centimeters
- Legacy documentation: