Manjū netsuke depicting Minamoto no Yorimasa and Ii no Hayata slaying the nue, a mythical creature
Emperor Konoe was ailing, troubled by a strange feeling accompanied by a dark cloud. The courtiers Minamoto no Yorimasa and Ii no Hayata were sent to investigate and discovered the nue, a creature combining monkey, badger, tiger and snake with the voice of a bird. Between them they killed it and the emperor recovered. This story is also depicted on the two right-hand sheets of the print EA1983.37.
Details
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Title
Manjū netsuke depicting Minamoto no Yorimasa and Ii no Hayata slaying the nue, a mythical creature
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Artist/maker
Kikugawa Hakuunsai (active early 19th century) -
Associated people
Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106 - 1180) (subject)Ii no Hayata (active Late Heian Period (AD 901 - 1185)) (subject) -
Associated place
Tōkyō (place of creation) -
Date
early 19th century -
Material and technique
ivory, probably lathe-turned, with carved decoration, and stained with red and black pigment
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Object type
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Dimensions
3.2 cm (height)
7.5 cm (diameter) -
No. of items
2
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA2001.114
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Glossary of terms
Manjū
netsuke
nue
Further reading
Seaman, Joyce, Manjū: Netsuke from the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2013), no. 82 on pp. 202-205, illus. pp. 203 & 204
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