Skeleton Monk & Hell Courtesan - Netsuke - Marine Ivory
.Type: Kagamibuta (Lidded) Netsuke
Material: Marine Ivory (Walrus Tusk)
Age: Meiji Period
Origin:
Size: XX" (X cm) Diameter x XX" (X cm)
Weight: X oz (X g)
Provenance: Online Auction, collected DD MMM YYYY
Condition: Missing lid. Cracks to ivory bowl.
Subject: Ikkyū (Skeleton Monk) and Jigoku tayū (Hell Courtesan) with attendant. Specifically, based on the Ukiyo-e (woodblock print) of "Seki: Priest Ikkyû and the Hell Courtesan (Jigoku-dayû), from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)" by Utagawa Hiroshige (https://ukiyo-e.org/image/mfa/sc232068).
http://yokai.com/jigokutayuu/
https://multoghost.wordpress.com/2015/05/17/ikkyu-and-the-hell-courtesan/
Material: Marine Ivory (Walrus Tusk)
Age: Meiji Period
Origin:
Size: XX" (X cm) Diameter x XX" (X cm)
Weight: X oz (X g)
Provenance: Online Auction, collected DD MMM YYYY
Condition: Missing lid. Cracks to ivory bowl.
Subject: Ikkyū (Skeleton Monk) and Jigoku tayū (Hell Courtesan) with attendant. Specifically, based on the Ukiyo-e (woodblock print) of "Seki: Priest Ikkyû and the Hell Courtesan (Jigoku-dayû), from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)" by Utagawa Hiroshige (https://ukiyo-e.org/image/mfa/sc232068).
http://yokai.com/jigokutayuu/
https://multoghost.wordpress.com/2015/05/17/ikkyu-and-the-hell-courtesan/
