Tobacco Box

Ritsuô, 1663 - 1747

Depicted on this portable tobacco box, is the ghost of the servant Okiku. She accidentally broke a set of costly plates for which her master imprisoned her. Okiku managed to escape and threw herself in a well, in which she drowned. Here her ghost rises up out of the well. The chrysanthemums (kiku) refer to her name.

  • Artwork typetobacco box
  • Object numberAK-MAK-703
  • Dimensionsheight 9.7 cm x width 8.8 cm x depth 5.1 cm x length 23 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Tobacco Box

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-703

  • Description

    Tabaksdoos met netsuke in de vorm van een vis. Op de doos zelf een voorstelling van de verschijning van de geest van O-kiku in inlegwerk. Gesigneerd "ritsuo". Opengewerkte bal om koord en binnendoos in tabaksdoos.

Creation

  • Creation

    lacquerer: Ritsuô, Japan

  • Dating

    1663 - 1747

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 9.7 cm x width 8.8 cm x depth 5.1 cm x length 23 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection of Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1941;{Note RMA.} his widow Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968), Amsterdam, by whom bequeathed to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1968;{note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

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