Netsuke toggle showing Eji asleep, his face covered with his arms [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 5/4/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Netsuke toggle showing Eji asleep, his face covered with his arms [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 5/4/2005]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Henry Seymour Trower; PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther; PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1922
Date collected: By 1922
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Perforated, Process Carved, Process Inlaid
Dimensions: Diameter: max 38 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1980.34.396 Other numbers: 1488, 439, 396
Research and responses: Eji (died 623) was a Buddhist priest who came to Japan from Korea and propagated Buddhism. He was the teacher of Prince Shotoku Taishi, who is regarded as the founder of Japanese Buddhism. [El.B 17/01/2012]

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