Netsuke: Emma-O

Place of OriginJapan

Datemid 19th century

DimensionsH: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

Mediumwood and ivory

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineBequest of Noah H. Swayne

Object number

1927.117

Not on View

DescriptionEmma-O, Buddhist king of hell, with book of judgement; attended by a demon. Boating on a lotus leaf.

Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 21, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).

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Edo Period

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Netsuke: Shoki with a demon crouching on his hat

Edo Period

early 19th century

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Kozuka: (front) Emma-O with Buddhist Advocate; (back) heavily textured surface

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Netsuke: lotus, omodaka and a flowering Kikyo plant

n.d.

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Five-Case Inro and Ojime

mid 19th century

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