Netsuke toggle and seal: Shoki squatting on a stand at the base of which is a seal [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 30/3/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Netsuke toggle and seal: Shoki squatting on a stand at the base of which is a seal [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 30/3/2005]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Edward Gilbertson; PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther; PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1917
Date collected: By 1917
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Diameter: max 16 mm, Length: max 39 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1980.34.38
Research and responses: Shoki is a mythical being, the 'Demon Queller', who has entered Japanese legend from Chinese sources. Joly says he is 'a conspicuous figure in Japanese art'. See 'Legend in Japanese Art' by Henri L. Joly, p. 322. [El.B 01/02/2012]