Resource Spotlight | “Netsuke: Masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art” by Barbra Teri Okada

 

Blind Men and the Elephant
Meiji period (1868–1912)
19th century
Japan
Ivory
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
10.211.900
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 
 
 

Netsuke

Masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 
 

by Barbra Teri Okada

 
 

This resource is generously provided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

 

獅子牙彫根付
Chinese Lion (Shishi)
Edo period (1615–1868)
Mid-18th century
Japan
Ivory
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
10.211.1098
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Netsuke of Monkey with a Chestnut
Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
19th century
Japan
Ivory
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
10.211.1065
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

狸牙彫根付
Tanuki (Japanese Racoon Dog) with a Sake Bottle and Bills for Sake
Garaku (Japanese, active second half of the 18th century)
Edo period (1615–1868)
Second half of the 18th century
Japan
Ivory
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
10.211.1436
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

關羽牙彫根付
Chinese General Guan Yu (Kan’u)
Edo period (1615–1868)
18th century
Japan
Ivory
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
10.211.1496
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

麒麟牙彫根付
Kirin (Mythical Chimera)
Edo period (1615–1868)
18th century
Japan
Ivory
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
10.211.1408
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tiger
Raku
Edo period (1615–1868)
Late 18th century
Japan
Ivory
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
10.211.1099
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Boar
Kōhōsai
Meiji period (1868–1912)
19th century
Japan
Ivory inlaid with coral and small blue and white semiprecious stones
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
10.211.899
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

龍神木彫根付
Ryūjin, Dragon King of the Sea
Edo period (1615–1868)
Late 18th–early 19th century
Japan
Wood
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
10.211.2331
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Netsuke of Octopus Fighting a Monkey
Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
19th century
Japan
Ivory
Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
91.1.962
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Netsuke of Equestrian Figure
Edo period (1615–1868)
18th century
Japan
Wood
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
10.211.2299
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

獏木彫根付
Crouching Baku (Mythical Creature)
Sadatake (Japanese, active 18th century)
Edo period (1615–1868)
18th century
Japan
Wood
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
10.211.2278
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Netsuke of a Karashishi
Early–middle 18th century
Japan
Ivory
Bequest of Anna R. Milton, 1924
24.110.12
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Netsuke of Omori Hikoshichi
Edo period (1615–1868)
18th century
Japan
Ivory
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
10.211.1502
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Netsuke of Rabbit
Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
19th century
Japan
Wood
Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
91.1.988
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

足長と仙人木彫根付
Ashinaga (Long Legs) and a Daoist Sage
Edo period (1615–1868)
18th century
Japan
Wood
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
10.211.2306
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Netsuke of Goat
Edo period (1615–1868)
18th century
Japan
Wood
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
10.211.2000
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tobacco Pouch and Pipe with Netsuke of Freshwater Pearl in Gold Mount
Edo period (1615–1868)
18th century
Japan
Pouch: Dutch embossed leather with silver foil, and color
Clasp: gold, shakudō and shibuichi
Ojime: gold
Netsuke: freshwater pearl and gold
Pipe: Metal
Pipe case: Dutch embossed leather with silver foils, and color
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
14.40.843a, b
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

草花螳螂牙彫根付
Flowers and Grasses with a Praying-Mantis
Attributed to Ryūsa (Japanese, active late 18th century)
Edo period (1615–1868)
Late 18th century
Japan
Ivory
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
10.211.1271
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

Colophon

Author | Barbra Teri Okada
Publisher | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date of Publication | 1982

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