3-39 (original number), 4-151 (original number), and 5-119 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2384
Description:
Netsuke in old ivory of a bare-armed man of athletic build, seated on an anchor, with rope in hand. This is a depiction of Taira no Tomomori.
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:
Taira no Tomomori
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 3.7 centimeters
Comment:
Per Robeson Accession File: Netsuke in old ivory of a bare-armed man of athletic build, seated on an anchor, with rope in hand. This is a depiction of Taira no Tomomori. At the batter of Dan no Ura, when the child Emperor Antoku was defeated and his grandmother Nii no Ama, Tomomori committed suicide by tying his body to the anchor of his boat and jumping into the sea. Nii no ama and Antoku, wife and grandson of Kiyomori.
Loans:
S1970-1971 #60: Decorative Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (December 7, 1970–December 11, 1970)