Manjū netsuke depicting Sasaki Takatsuna and Kajiwara Kagesue crossing the Uji River
The warrior Sasaki Takatsuna reaching the opposite bank of the Uji River before his rival Kajiwara Kagesue. Another warrior flounders in the river under a hail of arrows.
Details
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Title
Manjū netsuke depicting Sasaki Takatsuna and Kajiwara Kagesue crossing the Uji River
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Artist/maker
Ichiyūsai Naomitsu (active mid - late 19th century) -
Associated people
Kajiwara Kagesue (1162 - 1200) (subject)Sasaki Takatsuna (active 2nd half of the 12th century) (subject) -
Associated place
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Date
late 19th century -
Material and technique
ivory, probably lathe-turned, with carved decoration, and stained with pigment; replacement cord, probably silk
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Object type
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Dimensions
2.4 cm (height)
5.2 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.
EA2001.82
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Glossary of terms
Manjū
netsuke
Further reading
Seaman, Joyce, Manjū: Netsuke from the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2013), no. 88 on p. 220, no. 221
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