Manjū netsuke depicting Tadanobu defending himself with a gō board

Details

• Title

  Manjū netsuke depicting Tadanobu defending himself with a gō board

• Artist/maker

  Kōsai Moritoshi (active c. 1820 - c. 1860)

• Associated people

  Satō Tadanobu (1160 - 1187) (subject)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

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

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  1820 - 1860

• Material and technique

  ivory, probably lathe-turned, with carved decoration, and stained with red and black pigment

• Material index

  organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory

• Technique index

  turned;

  carved;

  coloured › stained

• Object type

  clothing › personal accessory › sagemono › netsuke

• Dimensions

  2.3 cm (height)
  5.7 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2001.69

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