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Meikeisai Hōjitsu
Traveling Puppeteer Performingmid-19th century

Not on view
Small carved wood netsuke depicting three figures around a low table, in warm honey-brown tones with incised detail
Carved wood netsuke with warm honey-brown patina, depicting two figures and a small animal around a low table with incised linear details. A seated or standing adult figure leans forward holding a monkey toward a child figure looking upward.
Carved wood netsuke with warm honey-brown patina, depicting three small figures in traditional dress grouped around a low table or stand, with finely incised surface details on garments.
Netsuke carved from warm brown material depicting a bundle of bamboo stalks with cut ends, topped by a rectangular plaque bearing two Japanese characters in a bordered cartouche.
Artist or Maker
Meikeisai Hōjitsu
Japan, died 1872
Title
Traveling Puppeteer Performing
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Medium
Boxwood
Dimensions
1 3/4 x 1 x 1 in. (4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. G. W. Mead
Accession Number
M.59.35.18
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: O." International Netsuke Society Journal 30, no.4 (2011): 22-29.