Netsuke

Museum number:
9-18793
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090018793
Accession number:
Acc.4571
Description:
Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cm
Donor:
Dorothy Campbell Tompkins
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dorothy Campbell Tompkins and John Barr Tompkins
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Context of use:
A toggle or device attached to the end of a cord or rope to keep it from slipping; cord thrust under the sash of a kimono to support purse pouch, box, or basket (in absence of pockets). See 9-18778 for description of mokugyo
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 3 centimeters and height 4.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cmHearst Museum object 5 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cmHearst Museum object 6 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cmHearst Museum object 7 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cmHearst Museum object 8 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cmHearst Museum object 9 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cmHearst Museum object 10 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cmHearst Museum object 11 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cmHearst Museum object 12 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cmHearst Museum object 13 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cmHearst Museum object 14 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cmHearst Museum object 15 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cmHearst Museum object 16 of 16 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18793, described as Netsuke; "Novice priest" holding mokugyo; man wearing two-piece clothing, holding gong (mokugyo) by handle upside down; slotted gong, with dragons (?) facing each other as handle; H 4.4 cm X W 3.0 cm

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