Netsuke
- Museum number:
- 9-7509
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090007509
- Alternate number:
- 3-13 (original number), 4-107 (original number), and 5-74 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2384
- Description:
- Kai-Riu-O, or Riujin-- netsuke in ivory, of a very old man with the sharp features and pendant hair of a witch-- a dragon crest-- who carries in his hand the tide-ruling gems. Note the intaglio cutting of this netsuke, the type much esteemed by the Japanese, which they dub "sharp."
- Donor:
- Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson
- Collection place:
- Japan
- Culture or time period:
- Japanese
- Collector:
- Geraldine C. Robson
- Collection date:
- before 1940
- Materials:
- Ivory (material)
- Person depicted:
- Ryūjin
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Dragons and Netsukes
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- 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:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- height 5.2 centimeters
- Comment:
- donor base/stand marked with catalog number LW 2015-10-29 According to the Accession Folder: Kai-Riu-O, or Riujin-- netsuke in ivory, of a very old man with the sharp features and pendant hair of a witch-- a dragon crest-- who carries in his hand the tide-ruling gems. He easily takes offense, and to his anger are due the boisterous seas. He presented the tide-ruling gems to Take-no-uchi once day, when Take was reviewing the fleet, accompanied by the infant emperor, Ojin, son of Jingo Koga. This Ojin grew up to be a great warrior, and is even now worshiped as the patron of war, called also Hachiman. Fond of precious things, Riujin obtained possession of the world-famed jewel, Mugehojiu sent to Kamatari by his daughter, empress of China. He lives in a submerged palace.
- Loans:
- S1968-1969 #4: University of California, Berkeley (July 2, 1968–May 3, 1973)
- Legacy documentation:
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