Japanese Wood Netsuke Hida Takayama Ittobori Rat on Daikoku's Mallet Japan
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Type: Ittobori (Single Knife Carved) Katabori (Sculptural) Netsuke
Material: Yew Wood (Ichii)
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912) or newer
Origin/Maker: Hida Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Unsigned.
Size: 1.2" tall (3 cm), 2" long (5.2 cm), 1.2" wide (2.9 cm)
Weight: 0.2 oz (6 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Tsukinomiya Shrine sale flea market, Urawa, Saitama, Japan, 22 FEB 2020
Condition: Item is used in fair condition commensurate with age, see photos. Chip to top of rat. Some surface wear.
Subject: Ittobori carved wood netsuke of a rat or mouse (nezumi) on top of Daikoku's mallet. Daikoku is one of the Japanese Seven Lucky Gods of Good Fortune, and was emblematic of rice and plenty (among other things), as such mice were considered symbols of him because if you had a lot of rice you would also have mice. His mallet was another of his symbols, the Uchide no kozuchi (打ち出の小槌, "Tap-Appear Mallet"), it could conjure anything the user wanted by tapping the lucky hammer.
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Japanese Wood Netsuke Hida Takayama Ittobori Rat on Daikoku's Mallet Japan
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Type: Ittobori (Single Knife Carved) Katabori (Sculptural) Netsuke
Material: Yew Wood (Ichii)
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912) or newer
Origin/Maker: Hida Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Unsigned.
Size: 1.2" tall (3 cm), 2" long (5.2 cm), 1.2" wide (2.9 cm)
Weight: 0.2 oz (6 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Tsukinomiya Shrine sale flea market, Urawa, Saitama, Japan, 22 FEB 2020
Condition: Item is used in fair condition commensurate with age, see photos. Chip to top of rat. Some surface wear.
Subject: Ittobori carved wood netsuke of a rat or mouse (nezumi) on top of Daikoku's mallet. Daikoku is one of the Japanese Seven Lucky Gods of Good Fortune, and was emblematic of rice and plenty (among other things), as such mice were considered symbols of him because if you had a lot of rice you would also have mice. His mallet was another of his symbols, the Uchide no kozuchi (打ち出の小槌, "Tap-Appear Mallet"), it could conjure anything the user wanted by tapping the lucky hammer.
Location:
Japanese Wood Netsuke Hida Takayama Ittobori Rat on Daikoku's Mallet Japan
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