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Ɏ ANRAKUSAI: A FINE IVORY NETSUKE OF HENMEISANRO SEKISHU AND THE MONK HAIJOKAI
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? ANRAKUSAI: A FINE IVORY NETSUKE OF HENMEISANRO SEKISHU AND THE MONK HAIJOKAI

By Shuko(sai) Anrakusai, signed Anrakusai 安樂齋
Japan, Osaka, c. 1860 Edo period (1615-1868)

Published:
Klompmakers, Inge (1998) Of Brigands and Bravery, Kuniyoshi’s heroes of the Suikoden, Leiden, pp. 94-95.
Bandini, Rosemary (2010) Japanese Netsuke, Inro and Works of Art, no. 7.

Superbly carved and stained to depict Henmeisanro Sekishu (Shi Xiu) restraining the adulterous monk Haijokai with his foot, right before he stabs him to death for having an affair with the wife of prison chief Byokansaku Yoyu. Shi Xiu is dressed in loose-fitting monk’s garbs, gently tapping a mokugyo strapped around his neck, mocking the foiled plan of Haijokai and his accomplice who would beat the drum to signal when it was safe to leave Yoyu’s house. The repentful monk with a pleading expression, wearing robes incised with scrolling clouds and asanoha, cascading down in voluminous folds, full of movement. The ivory with a rich, amber-honey stain, the details embellished with sumi (ink). Himotoshi through the back and underside and signed within a wavy blade-shaped reserve ANRAKUSAI.

HEIGHT 5.3 cm

Condition: Excellent condition.
Provenance: Rutherston & Bandini, 2011. A private collection in Luxembourg, acquired from the above.

This highly detailed and powerful work by Anraku(sai) echoes some of his other later works, which are dramatic representations of legenadary tales. He uses a dark stain and black sumi-e details to reinforce the powerful nature of the carving.

Following a turn of bad luck, Henmeisanro Sekishu is forced to sell grass for a living. As he had at one point saved the prison chief Byokansaku Yoyu from a street robber, he is invited to spend a couple of days as Yoyu's guest. During his stay Sekishu notices that Yoyu's wife is having an affair with a monk, Haijokai, who always drops by for an amorous rendezvous when Yoyu is absent. One night, Sekishu awaits him outside Yoyu's house and upon the priest's arrival stabs him several times with his knife, killing him.

Anrakusai portrays Sekishu at the moment he has caught the secret lover Haijokai. He restrains him with his right foot and carries a drum which belongs to another priest who assisted Haijokai by beating his drum every morning as a signal when it was safe to leave Yoyu's house. Sekishu kills this priest first, dons his clothes and then lies in wait for Haijokai.

Trade Certificate: The trade certificate for the sale of this lot within the EU has been granted (permit number AT 25-B-0089).



This item contains ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and/or some types of tropical wood and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Therefore, after this item has the necessary trade certificate, it can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.

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