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Collection	ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object Name	Netsuke
Object Name	Ivory Carving
Object Number	ABDUA:61812
Other Number	C267+2
Other Number Type	Old Number
Brief Description	Figure representing the Tongue-Cut Sparrow or Shita-kiri Suzume, with makers mark, Shugyoko to the base.
Dimensions	L: 42 x H: 33 x W: 43mm
Materials	Ivory
Condition	Good
Completeness	Complete
Technique	carved
Maker	Signed: Sh?gyoku (or Sh?gyokusai), late 18th century (Information provided by Dr Louise Boyd, NMS, May 18)
Place Key	Asia, Japan
Object History Note	On display in 'Substance to Style' exhibition in Sir Duncan Rice Library Mar-Sep 2019
Publication Note	LEMUR Database
Caption	Netsuke representing the 'tongue-cut sparrow' (Shita-kiri Suzume) with maker's mark Shugyoko Japan, late eighteenth century, Tokugawa period The traditional story of the 'tongue-cut sparrow' tells of a kind old man who saved an injured sparrow, and his cruel wife who cut out the bird's tongue and sent it away. The old man went searching for the bird and found the sparrow's inn, where the bird and its friends rewarded him with treasure. But when the old woman made the same journey she was punished with a basket of deadly snakes. Author: Jenny Downes Purpose: Substance to Style
Aquisition Source	Montagu, Lady Sydney Charlotte; Keith-Falconer, 9th Countess of Kintore

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