Wooden netsuke of a woman in a garment with maple leaf design, seated on a bundle of sticks. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/4/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden netsuke of a woman in a garment with maple leaf design, seated on a bundle of sticks. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/4/2005]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector James Bellhouse Gaskell; PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther; PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
Date / Period: Date made: Before 17/06/1926
Date collected: By 17 June 1926
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Height: max 38 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1980.34.1819 Other numbers: Gaskell collection no. 1045 Other numbers: Behrens collection no. 4600
Research and responses: Oharame is a woman from the village of Ohara, near Kyoto, who is often depicted with a bundle of wood or reeds for sale, sometimes with an ox carrying more bundles. Such a depiction can be seen here: http://educators.mfa.org/objects/detail/342613?related_people_text=Kitagawa+Utamaro+I&page=21 [El.B 07/02/2012]

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