Manjū netsuke depicting Benkei leaping over the warrior Minamoto Yoshitsune

Details

• Title

  Manjū netsuke depicting Benkei leaping over the warrior Minamoto Yoshitsune

• Artist/maker

  Kōhōsai (active 2nd half of the 19th century)

• Associated people

  Benkei (1155 - 1189) (subject)

  Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - 1189) (subject)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Osaka prefecture › Osaka (place of creation)

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kyōto prefecture › Kyoto › Gojō bridge (subject)

• Date

  1860s

• Material and technique

  ivory, with carved decoration, and stained with red and black pigment

• Material index

  organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory

• Technique index

  carved;

  coloured › stained

• Object type

  clothing › personal accessory › sagemono › netsuke

• Dimensions

  4.6 x 5.1 x 1.7 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2001.51

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