Okimono

Description

Okimono of carved ivory, the Soga Brothers about to slay Kudo Suketsune (the man who killed their father), guided to his tent by Tora, holding a lantern, signed: Japan

Museum reference

A.1914.1244

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Okimono

Production information

Japan, East Asia

Materials

Ivory

Physical description

Ivory

Associations

Depicted: Soga brothers
Depicted: Suketsune
Depicted: Tora
Jordan Collection

References

Jane Wilkinson and Nick Pearce, Harmony & Contrast: A Journey through East Asian Art (National Museums of Scotland, 1996), p.111