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MASANAO: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF A SUTETEKO DANCER
LOT 129 - NE1124
By a member of the Masanao family, signed Masanao 正直
Japan, Yamada, Ise province, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
The performer captured in a dynamic position, one leg raised as he hops on the other, switching his foot as he works the crowd, the right hand holding a tasseled club and the left lowered with a folded fan. He is dressed in a short robe which is tucked into his sash to the back, careful not to trip, the face covered with a Hyottoko mask, puckered and skewed to the side, with a scarf neatly tied around his head. Natural himotoshi and signed to the hind MASANAO.
HEIGHT 4.8 cm
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and traces of use.
Suteteko Odori (Suteteko Dance) was started by rakugo storyteller Sanyutei Enyu I and was performed at the end of a rakugo storytelling performance. In 1880, the vaudeville halls were in a slump in the aftermath of a cholera epidemic. In the midst of this, San'yutei En'yu, disciple of the first San'yutei Encho, started the suteteko dance at Asakusa Namiki-tei. After finishing a performance, he would suddenly stand up, show his half-trousers, and dance with his shins sticking out. Until then, storytellers had only been required to dance while seated, so this gesture greatly delighted the audience.
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related wood netsuke of a Suteteko dancer, by Masanao, from the collection of F.M. Jonas, illustrated by Meinertzhagen, Frederick / Lazarnick, George (1986) MCI, Part A, p. 455.
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