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Man gathering bamboo shoots
Man gathering bamboo shoots

Man gathering bamboo shoots

Label TextDuring the late Edo and early Meiji periods, it was very popular as a men's fashion to sport sagemono-tobacco pouch-suspended from a belt or obi. A small ornament called netsuke, attached to the top of the cord, served as a tool for securing the pouch string inside the belt. A great number of netsuke, made of wood, ivory, metal, and ceramic, were produced by skillful craftsmen and became quite fasionable. They provide us a view of the joyful expression of unrestricted craftsmanship at that time.
Object number33.355
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Spring and Summer in Japan, February 28, 2002 - October 13, 2002
Credit LineDuncan MacTavish Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions2 3/4 in. (7 cm) x 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm) x 1 in. (2.5 cm), h x w x d
MediumIvory
Japanese
early 20th century
Object number: 49.223
Japanese
early 20th century
Object number: 49.224
Snuff bottle: Storks and bamboo
Chinese
ca. 1900
Object number: 33.965
Carved Ivory (Netsuke), Fox disguised as a Buddhist nun.
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 98.47.69
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 33.186
Poetess Ono-no-komachi in her old age, sitting on a log
Japanese
18th-19th century
Object number: 33.352
Netsuke modelled as an oni mask
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 33.546
Carved arm rest
Chinese
Object number: 35.278.1
Carved arm rest
Chinese
Object number: 35.278.2
Gourd cricket cage with ivory cover
Chinese
Object number: 33.1078
Gourd cricket cage with ivory cover
Chinese
Object number: 33.1081