Ikkan
Ikkan (一貫) (1817–1893[1]) was one of the most renowned netsuke artists in Japan during the Edo period.[2]
Biography
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He was from Nagoya, Owari province, central Japan.[6][7]
He was part of a group of carvers in Nagoya, amongst who were Masayuki (正行), Masatoshi, Masatami and Masamitsu.[8] The Nagoya school was established earlier in the 18th century under Tametaka.
His pieces can be found in many museum collections and achieve high prices at auctions.[9][10][11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lot 107 - IKKAN: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF a RECUMBENT".
- ^ "根付師一覧のご紹介－根付専門店「提物屋」". Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Netsuke of Two Rats". The Met. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ^ "Netsuke - Ikkan".
- ^ "Inro, Ojime and Netsuke | Ikkan | V&A Explore the Collections".
- ^ "Netsuke | British Museum".
- ^ "Netsuke | Ikkan | V&A Explore the Collections".
- ^ "Lot 133 - MASAYUKI: A FINE NAGOYA SCHOOL WOOD NETSUKE".
- ^ "Bonhams : A wood netsuke of a rat by Ikkan, Nagoya, 19th century".
- ^ "A Wood Netsuke of Two Rats".
- ^ "Takaoka Ikkan".
Bibliography
[edit]- Frederick Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, 1986, p.212.[1]
- Bandini, Rosemary (2019) The Larry Caplan Collection of Japanese Netsuke, p. 52, no. 27.[2]
External links
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Media related to Ikkan at Wikimedia Commons
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