3-61 (original number), 4-175 (original number), and 5-145 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2384
Description:
Netsuke: man and woman, in boat, facing one another. Both hold fans. Gold decoration.
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:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
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 3.3 centimeters
Comment:
Per Robeson Accession File: Netsuke in brown wood, of man and woman in boat-- tge man with Shohun's hat, and a fan; the woman, with her hair in a loose cascade, down back, and the court fan-- Asazuma Fune and Tokugawa Shogun Iyetsuna. Asazuma was his favorite and he neglected affairs of state to spend more hours with her in the boat.