This is "Octopus," a netsuke carved by Hosen Miyazawa from ivory. I saw this last year at Tokyo National Museum.
"Octopus" by Hosen Miyazawa, ivory 宮澤宝泉作「蛸」象牙 |
"Octopus" is "蛸" in Chinese character in Japan, and there is something wrong with this character, that is, the left half of this character "虫" means an INSECT🐛. Why does "octopus" contain INSECT (虫)?
One explanation is that "an octopus (蛸) was once classified into the "insect (虫)" category because:
- an octopus was called "sea spider" as it looks to have eight "legs" as does the spider; and
- a spider🕷was believed to be an insect (虫), which is wrong, though.
Another explanation is that "虫" actually means not only insects🐛 (which is currently more common, though), but fish🐟, shellfish🐚, snakes🐍(蛇), shrimps🦐 (蝦), and frogs/toads🐸(蛙). OMG😲, I didn't know that.....
If you love netsuke, I'm pretty sure you will enjoy the netsuke sculptures listed below!
- Symbol of Peace? - Netsuke & Halloween
- Japanese Saying: Netsuke Titled "A-Hum"!
- Netsuke - Japanese Lovelorn Ghost Puts a Curse Saying "Urameshiya..."
- Kawaii Two-Legged Yokai Goblin Netsuke Sculpture
- Kawaii Netsuke Jedi
- Watermelon Netsuke Carving With Makie Lacquer Painting
- Netsuke - Jurojin God
- Netsuke - Dog Days
- Netsuke - Muskmelon
- Netsuke and Jello - Goldfish
- Netsuke/Ojime - Wild Boar, Baby Boars
- Gourds in Various Forms - Netsuke, Pickle.....
- Netsuke - Sheep
- Netsuke - Boss
- Netsuke - Fukurokuju God
- Netsuke - Japanese Lovelorn Ghost Puts a Curse Saying "Urameshiya..."
- Kawaii Two-Legged Yokai Goblin Netsuke Sculpture
- Kawaii Netsuke Jedi
- Watermelon Netsuke Carving With Makie Lacquer Painting
- Netsuke - Jurojin God
- Netsuke - Dog Days
- Netsuke - Muskmelon
- Netsuke and Jello - Goldfish
- Netsuke/Ojime - Wild Boar, Baby Boars
- Gourds in Various Forms - Netsuke, Pickle.....
- Netsuke - Sheep
- Netsuke - Boss
- Netsuke - Fukurokuju God
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東京国立博物館に展示されていた、宮澤宝泉作「蛸」です。象牙です。
蛸ってどうして虫偏なの? というわけでぐぐってみました。すると
1. 「蛸🐙」は昔「蜘蛛🕷」を意味し、「海の蛸」と呼ばれ、それが単に「蛸」になった。
2. 「虫」は虫だけでなく、鱗介類(魚🐟や貝🐚)も意味する。
という説があるようです。そういえば、「蛇🐍」も「蝦🦐」も「蛙🐸」も虫偏です。(でも蜘蛛って虫じゃないんだけど。。。)また一つえらく😆なりました。
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