Netsuke, wood, wild boar, signed Toyomasa, ca.1800-50
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1800-1850
This carved wood netsuke is in the form of a wild boar running at full gallop, with eyes inlaid with horn. Japanese men used netsuke to suspend various pouches and containers from their sashes by a silk cord.
This is a three-dimensional carving, such as this one, which portrays a wild boar running at full gallop. Most of the leading woodblock-printed books included illustrations that could be copied directly or adapted as netsuke. This netsuke closely resembles a page from the Ehon shaho bukuro (Bag of sketching treasures). Both the illustration and the netsuke show the boar running with all four legs outstretched. This one is signed Toyomasa. It was probably made by Naito Toyomasa (1773-1856), who was largely responsible for the fame of netsuke in Tanba province.
He established a workshop specialising almost exclusively in netsuke in wood.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Length 6.9 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Carved wood
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Japan
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O76513
- Museum object number
- A.53-1915
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
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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