Ikkan
Ikkan (一貫) (1817–1893{{cite web | url=https://www.zacke.at/auction/lot/107-ikkan-a-fine-wood-netsuke-of-a-recumbent-horse/?lot=2942&sd=1 | title=Lot 107 - IKKAN: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF a RECUMBENT }}) was one of the most renowned netsuke artists in Japan during the Edo period.{{cite web | url=https://ja.netsuke.com/artist.html | title=根付師一覧のご紹介－根付専門店「提物屋」 | access-date=2022-07-19 | archive-date=2020-08-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804052722/https://ja.netsuke.com/artist.html | url-status=dead }}
Biography
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File:BLW Inro with Reclining Figure in a Boat.jpg, ojime and netsuke. Lacquer inro, stained ivory ojime and wooden netsuke; inro features a reclining figure in a boat; netsuke is in the form of a mask, by Ikkan (ca. 1750-1850){{cite web | url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O39557/inro-ojime-and/inro-ojime-and-ikkan/ | title=Inro, Ojime and Netsuke | Ikkan | V&A Explore the Collections }}]]
He was from Nagoya, Owari province, central Japan.{{cite web | url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1981-0808-107 | title=Netsuke | British Museum }}{{cite web | url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O90657/netsuke-ikkan/ | title=Netsuke | Ikkan | V&A Explore the Collections }}
He was part of a group of carvers in Nagoya, amongst who were Masayuki (正行), Masatoshi, Masatami and Masamitsu.{{cite web | url=https://www.zacke.at/auction/lot/lot-133---masayuki-a-fine-nagoya-school-wood-netsuke-of-recumbent-ox/?lot=16851 | title=Lot 133 - MASAYUKI: A FINE NAGOYA SCHOOL WOOD NETSUKE }} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21100/lot/5/ | title=Bonhams : A wood netsuke of a rat by Ikkan, Nagoya, 19th century }}{{cite web | url=https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6047561 | title=A Wood Netsuke of Two Rats }}{{cite web | url=https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/collection-publications/collection/creators/takaoka-ikkan/4273/ | title=Takaoka Ikkan }}
See also
References
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Bibliography
- Frederick Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, 1986, p.212.{{cite web | url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21100/lot/5/ | title=Bonhams : A wood netsuke of a rat by Ikkan, Nagoya, 19th century }}
- Bandini, Rosemary (2019) The Larry Caplan Collection of Japanese Netsuke, p. 52, no. 27.{{cite web | url=https://www.zacke.at/auction/lot/107-ikkan-a-fine-wood-netsuke-of-a-recumbent-horse/?lot=2942&sd=1 | title=Lot 107 - IKKAN: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF a RECUMBENT }}
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