#ojime

[miamaimania]

An ivory ojime egg adorned with delicate insects.

[dozydawn]

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #Baturday, check out this fab little friend:

Ojime in the form of a bat Japan, late 19th century cast copper alloy (sentoku), H 2.3 x W 1.2 x D 1.4 cm Ashmolean Museum EA1956.3749

[fromthedust]

netsuke & ojime bead

Rantei (Japanese) - skeleton astride a skull - ivory - late 18th–early 19th century

Masakatsu (Japanese, died 1886) - snake coiled around skull - ivory - late 19th century

skull with snakes - ivory - Japan - 19th century

Yamaguchi Tomochika I (Japanese, 1800–1873) - wolf and skull - wood - mid-19th century

skeleton ojime - bone Japan - 19th century

[ashmoleanmuseum]

A Teapot Ojime

We're not sure who needs to see this today, but here is a tiny teapot. It's only 1.6cm tall.⁠ ⁠ This object is a Japanese ojime or 'cord fastener' - a bead used to help secure inrō carrying cases to traditional kimono. Kimono didn't have pockets, so wearers would attach inrō suspended from the waist sash of the garment to carry small objects such as medicines, tobacco, writing brushes and identity seals.⁠ ⁠ While ojime were initially functional items, they quickly became a form of artistic expression, and were made in all sorts of shapes - including tiny teapots.⁠

[charlesreeza]

The Toledo Museum of Art’s collection of more than 500 netsuke is one of two great collections in North America. (The other is at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.)  The tiny Japanese treasures fill a gallery custom made for their presentation.

[fujiwara57]

Les plus belles œuvres des artisans japonais.

Inrō 1 case - avec lotus d’un côté et oiseau de l’autre. Laque noire avec incrustations en bois, coquillage et verre - Ojime en métal et netsuke en ivoire sculpté en forme de démon. Dimensions : 9,4 x 4,8 x 3 cm.

Artiste :

Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真 (1807 - 1891).

Source : https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/59011

[wabisabihanabi-blog]

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