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Netsuke, Shoki

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Netsuke, Shoki is held by Rijksmuseum. Museum description: Shoki, the demon queller. Signed "masakazu". The museum record gives material recorded as On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands; measurements height 8 cm; width 2.9 cm; depth 2 cm; place associated: Japan; urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.537.

These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands
Dimensions
height 8 cm; width 2.9 cm; depth 2 cm

Technical characteristics

Technique
wood (plant material)
Place recorded
Japan; urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.537

Identification

Europeana id
/90402/AK_MAK_984
Museum object name
Netsuke, Shoki
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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