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Hako netsuke depicting the Hannya mask from the Nō play 'Dōjōji'front

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  • Hako netsuke depicting the Hannya mask from the Nō play 'Dōjōji' (back)
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Hako netsuke depicting the Hannya mask from the Nō play 'Dōjōji'

  • Description

    This netsuke is in the form of a Hannya mask used in the Nō play ‘Dōjōji’. In this play, a young girl’s love for a priest is unreciprocated, and she becomes an obsessed demon.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Tōkyō (place of creation)
    Date
    19th century (1801 - 1900)
    Artist/maker
    Kōryūsai (active 19th century)
    Material and technique
    lacquer, inlaid with eggshell (tamagonuri); replacement silk cord
    Dimensions
    1.8 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    lacquer,
    silk,
    silk,
    eggshell
    Technique index
    inlaid,
    woven,
    woven
    Object type index
    netsuke
    No. of items
    2
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001.
    Accession no.
    EA2001.87

Glossary (2)

lacquer, netsuke

Past Exhibition

see (1)

Location

    • currently in research collection

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