M0004143EA: Netsuke of two blind men wrestling / M0004143EB: Netsuke of masseur massaging a man on left shoulder with his elbow

Date:
January 1935
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WT/D/1/20/1/33/90
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M0004143EA: Netsuke of two blind men wrestling / M0004143EB: Netsuke of masseur massaging a man on left shoulder with his elbow. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2020: Wood two blindman wrestling, one with cyst, signed Masayuki.
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Wood masseur operates on left shoulder with elbow.

Description

Photograph of two wooden Netsuke. One is of two blind men wrestling, one with cyst, signed by Masayuki. The other is of a masseur kneeling down, using his elbow to massage a seated man. Netsuke are ornaments worn with a Kimono. The Netsuke is tied a silk bag hidden behind the sash for belongings. They were especially popular during the Tokugawa period (1603–1868) and are seen by many as fine works of miniature art. These Netsuke are from Doctor Hermann Gunther's collection of Netsuke. The original objects can be found at the History of Science Museum under the inventory numbers 41386 and 48792.

Publication/Creation

January 1935

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

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