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figure wearing long garment and hat which covers its entire head and face, playing a flute

Netsuke of a mendicant monk (komusō), 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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woman with long, pointed face like an animal with inverted v-shaped mouth, two small flaring nostrils and beady droopy eyes; black hair and red kimono

Seated animal-faced woman, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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cluster of six fruits attached to a branch with two leaves; bronze colored fruit with gold leaves

Six loquats, late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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monkey seated on a rock, wearing a flat hat, looking over proper left shoulder and holding a large chestnut; hat and head are each carved in separate pieces from body

Monkey with hat holding a chestnut, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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striding demon-man, with closed umbrella in proper right hand, rests proper left hand on shoulder of Okame, who adjusts the demon's sandal with his proper left hand and rests his proper right hand on the demon's knee

Netsuke [Okame and Ohi], 19th century

Kosen

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man with open mouth wearing a hat shaped like 1/2 of a nutshell and a short cloak and holding a scroll in his proper right hand and a tiered staff

Shinto priest, late 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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smiling man with head tilted to proper left wearing an open-chested, leafy cloak; man holds a gnarled branch in his proper left hand and the proper right back leg of the frog on his back in his proper right hand; frog holds onto the branch with its front flippers

Netsuke [Gama Sennin], late 18th-early 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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man with his tongue sticking out looking back over his proper right shoulder; holding a flywhisk in his proper right hand and grasping his hair with his proper left hand; wearing a bowl-shaped hat pushed back off his head

Dutchman, 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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curly-haired man holding a trumpet in his proper right hand curls his proper left arm behind him to hold a small boy on his proper right shoulder; man is bent at waist

Dutchman with Chinese child, late 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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red and black phallus

Phallus, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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recumbent rabbit, scratching its head with its proper left rear paw

Netsuke [rabbit], 20th century

Shingyoku

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boy with shoulder-length hair wearing a cap and pointed toe wooden-style shoes has a drum at his waist and holds drumstick in proper left hand up to drum and stick in proper right hand at side

Netsuke [Dutch boy with drum], 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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human figure with fox face wearing a hooded costume with long sleeve openings; head turned toward proper right shoulder; both hands resting on top of bamboo staff

Netsuke [fox woman], c. late 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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man wearing cap bent at the waist, hoeing, with a dog sniffing the ground, standing next to him; black pigment at eyes, red pigment at man's mouth

(Farmer and Dog), late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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woman sitting behind a man; woman applies a burning stick to the man's back while he grimaces and pulls away

Netsuke [woman giving man a treatment], late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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lotus pod with five movable seeds

Netsuke [lotus pod], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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man with pointed beard, long horizontal slits for eyes and a frowning mouth

Netsuke [Noh mask], 19th century

Deme Sukemitsu

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two peaches attached to a branch; post through center with silver ring on one side and floral nailhead on other side

Cluster of peaches, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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fox mask with two carved cords on back

Netsuke [fox mask], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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dancer with knees bent and proper right foot slightly raised; proper left arm above head; holding lobed object in proper right hand; hands invisible beneath long sleeves; wearing tall striped cap and pine decorated kimono

Netsuke [Sambaso dancer], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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metal disk with applied high relief decoration of snarling wolf looking over proper left shoulder, seated on a log (?) with its proper right front paw resting on a skull; disk attached to ivory holder

Wolf with skull, mid 19th century

Kōno Haruaki

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bald standing man with toad on proper right shoulder and jar shaped basket slung over proper left shoulder

Gama Sennin carrying the three-legged toad, mid 19th century

Kunimitsu

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figure with fox head dressed in a coat and hood and holding a staff horizontally at its upper back

Fox Priest, early 19th century

Yoshitada

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horned head with wild grin and long pointed teeth; wild eyes; braided cord attached to back with straight pin through attachment to netsuke

Okimono [mask], 20th century

Unknown Japanese

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hairy-faced, horned figure wearing short skirt and bare feet; holding a T-shaped staff in proper right hand and an alms book in proper left hand; an umbrella is strapped to his back

(Penitent Oni), 20th century

Unknown Japanese

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two boys; one on right has his proper right arm around boy on left; boy on left points to his cheek with his proper left hand, while sticking out his tongue and holding a roly-poly doll on his lap

Netsuke [two boys with Daruma doll], late 19th century

Hogyoku

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creature with frog's body, bird's head and long hair crouching on a lotus leaf, holding a fish on top of the leaf with its proper left front foot and grasping another fish under a hole in the leaf with its proper right front foot

Netsuke [Kappa on a lotus leaf], 19th century

Hidekazu

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man kneeling on proper left knee is startled as the frog in the basket over his shoulder touches his face with its front flipper; man carries axe in proper left hand

(Farmer and Frog), 20th century

Gyokumei

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skeleton seated behind a giant skull, holding a rosary in its proper left hand and a drum beater in its proper right hand

Skeleton beating a large skull, 19th century

Kikutei

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man with short beard and moustache, large ears and nose, furrowed brow and slight frown; tan colored

Netsuke [Aku Noh mask], 20th century

Unknown Japanese

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standing man picking up another man by his loincloth; inlaid horn eyes

Two wrestlers, 19th century

attributed to Tomochika

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man wearing a short coat and pants patched at the knees holds a large fish with inlaid eye in front of him

Netsuke [man holding a Tai fish], 19th century

Ryumin

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figure with tightly closed eyes and smiling face; head covered and body wrapped in a cloak; large vertical hole through center

Netsuke [Okame disguised as Daruma], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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man with open mouth, barechested, carrying a drumstick in his proper left hand and holding a child on his back with his proper right arm behind him

Mendicant carrying a child on his back, 18th century

attributed to Yoshimura Shūzan

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seated priest-chanter with open mouth and movable head; proper left hand rests on a book on a cushion, proper right hand holds a movable wand

Netsuke [Kannushi], early 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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skeleton bending under the weight of a Mokugyo slung around its neck

Netsuke [skeleton and Mokugyo], late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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fox head with movable jaw, lips curled back showing teeth; orange thread on back

Fox mask with moveable jaw, 19th century

Tenka Kazutomo

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four larger flat nuts with four smaller nuts stacked on top of them in a square design

Pile of eight ginko nuts, 19th century

Kiyokatsu

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smiling fisherman with open mouth wearing grassy skirt and open shirt carrying an octopus upside-down on his back

Fisherman carrying an octopus over his shoulder, 19th century

Kōsen

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horse looking back over its proper left shoulder and jumping over a giant double gourd

Netsuke [Chokaro's horse jumping over gourd], 19th century

Shigemasa

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laughing man leaning against a giant gourd with a giant catfish wrapped around both gourd and man

Netsuke [man, giant gourd and giant catfish], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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solid cylinder with rectangular opening near bottom; figure kneeling inside opening; attendant on figure's proper left sits holding a pipe(?) in his proper right hand and his staff leaning against cylinder; attendant on proper right leans his upper body against the cylinder and holds his staff in his proper right hand while looking up and to the left

Netsuke [Todaiji column and crawlspace], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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boy dressed in armor with hair in a ponytail, holding a ball in his proper left hand and a small purse in his proper right hand; blue pheasant on his proper left shoulder; polychromed

(Momotaro), early 20th century

Unknown Japanese

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decorated overall with landscape of pines, maples and waterfall; dark blue cord and reddish-orange bead

Kajikawa-style five-case inro with decor of waterfall in the mountains, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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winged creature hatching with part of one wing visible at right and claws below head; low relief leaves carved on egg

Netsuke [Tengu hatching], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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man wearing short-brimmed hat with tassel, long cloak and pointed toe wooden-style shoes holding a long trumpet in his proper left hand; carved in 18th c. style

Standing Portuguese, 19th century

Anrakusai

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cluster of six nuts

Netsuke [six ginko nuts], late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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hare with inlaid red eyes holds a large staff in its left front paw and pushes a large ball over stylized, spiral clouds

Hare and the moon, late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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metal disk depicting man with moustache and beard parted into thirds pointing at a painting of a fashionable maiden; metal disk attached with cord to ivory holder which is made to resemble round section of a tree; red-orange bead on cord

Emma-O with painting of a beauty, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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standing man with head slightly tilted to proper right holding a cloth(?) behind his head; blue and yellow striped sleeves

Dancer, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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man leaning against large bell slung over his war club, which rests on his proper left shoulder; a long curved sword attached to his belt extends over proper left side of bell

Netsuke [Benkei carrying the Bell of Miidera], 19th century

Sanko

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bear-like animal with proper left front paw on stomach and proper right paw raised above head; mouth open exposing teeth

Netsuke [Tanuki], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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squatting chubby boy wearing jacket with inlaid floral designs and inlaid diamond medallion on chest; green ivory inside grommets

(Karako squatting), 20th century

Gyokuzan

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woman with gold hair ornament and dressed in elaborately patterned robe of blue, red, gold, green and white holds a large peach wrapped in leaves in the crook of her proper left elbow

Netsuke [Seiobo], early 20th century

Unknown Japanese

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small figure jumping down on a larger, frowining figure holding a scythe-like weapon; pointed bulb-topped element behind

Benkei fighting with Yoshitsune, late 19th century

Kogyoku

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figure with fox head holding a staff diagonally across her body seated on a kneeling man who sticks out his tongue

Netsuke [fox woman and man], early 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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cluster of seven masks; five on top, two on bottom

Noh masks, 19th century

Hakuunsai

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two laughing men one seated on ground, other behind on a trotting horse; man on horse rests proper right hand on shoulder of seated man; bottom of netsuke is an oval form seal

Seal-form Netsuke [two men], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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representation of animal shell with spiral and parallel curvilinear carvings on back, seven protruding nodules on underside

Netsuke [Awabi shell], early 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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seated man with a drum leaning against his proper left leg, holding a pouch in his proper left hand and a pipe in his proper right hand; a monkey sits on top of the parcel tied on the man's back; the man grimaces while the monkey cleans the man's proper right ear

Monkey Trainer, late 19th century

Josō

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smiling man with an open mouth squatting at a large mortar which he stirs with a pestle while an animal wearing a robe and a lotus pad hat stands to his proper left with the animal's proper right front paw on the man's upper arm

Netsuke [brewer and Tanuki], 19th century

Hirotoshi

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two fruits growing on a branch with 1/2 of an insect-eaten leaf on top of largest fruit; snail on branch below smallest fruit

Netsuke [biwa with snail], late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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uchiwa-form netsuke; carved on top with a view of the Kiyomizu-dera (pavillion, trees and water); genre scene carved on rounded side; landscape with pavillion carved on side with indentation

Kiyomizu Temple in fan shape, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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monkey sitting on the back of a turtle, holding the turtle's tail in its proper right hand; turtle retracted into its shell

Netsuke [monkey and turtle], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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angry faced man with long beard, waering elaborate hat and holding a paddle, being given a back massage by a small standing demon

Demon massaging the King of Hell, early 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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man standing on proper right foot with proper left foot raised; holds an open fan in proper left hand and a cluster of round objects in proper right hand; wearing a tall hat with round ivory inset; mouth open, movable tongue pops out and retracts

(Sanbaso Dancer), mid 19th century

Ran Tei

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two bird heads facing each other with a ball between their beaks, attached to a round base

Netsuke [Mokugyo], late 19th century

Chi

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man with slightly pointed, large cranium stands with head bent over, reading a partially unrolled scroll; end of scroll has small black inlay

Netsuke [Jurojin], early 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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metal disk with shallow carving of a portrait of a chubby-faced woman; disk fits into ivory holder; netsuke in the shape of a peach which opens to reveal two men playing go; all parts attached together with green cord

Netsuke of Jo and Uba Playing Go inside a Peach, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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smiling man with curling beard and hair in a ponytail on top of his head wears a loose cloak and holds the body of a lobster in his proper right hand and its tentacles in his proper left hand

Fisherman with lobster, late 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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top side carved with smiling mask with protruding cheeks and forehead; bottom side carved with female genitalia and hand

Netsuke [Okame mask], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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little boy standing behind a seated woman, who holds a mask with an enormously long nose on her lap and holds the nose in her proper right hand

Mother and son with tengu mask, 19th century

Chounsai

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topless woman with head raised and open mouth struggling to free herself from an octopus which has wrapped its tentacles around her

Abalone fishergirl wrestling with an octopus, 19th century

Ransai

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male mask with large nose, furrowed brow and grimacing mouth

Noh mask, late 19th century

Kōgetsu

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man with head tilted to proper right, wearing a leafy cloak open at the chest, holds a short staff in his proper left hand and the leg of a frog resting on his back in his proper right hand

Netsuke [Gamma Sennin], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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monkey bending over to hold a large nut on its feet

Netsuke [macaque with chestnut], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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man with proper right leg raised, tilting head to proper right, rests hand on a basket of clams on his head

Netsuke [dancing farmer with clam basket], early 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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man with shoulder length curly hair wearing a hat with a feather and a cloak with wave design on back bending at waist to pick up a bird

Dutchman and Rooster, late 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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miniature case with double hinged doors on front opens to reveal a tiny figure standing on an animal and holding a small object in his proper left hand and a metal staff in his proper right hand; metal wire ring behind his head

Miniature Shrine of Bishamon-Ten, 20th century

Unknown Japanese

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cluster of six double-lobed eggplants of various sizes

Netsuke [six eggplants], late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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man with long beard pushing a small demon to the ground and holding him under a large hat

Shōki, the Demon Queller, Catching a Demon, second half 19th century

Sawaki Masakazu

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standing man with open-chested robe and hair in curling ringlets pulls on his pointed beard with his proper right hand; brown cord

Netsuke [Sennin], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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man with long beard squatting over a hat under which an oni with fangs and claws is trapped

Shōki capturing a demon with a hat, 19th century

Harumitsu

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monkey seated on a rock holding a large peach with its arms; head turned, looking over proper right shoulder

Netsuke [monkey with a peach], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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one man lying on his stomach with another man staddling him, seated on his back and grabbing the lying man's hair with his proper left hand

Netsuke [Shigen and Kensin fighting], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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frowning face peering out from a completely covering red sack; black cord tied to back

Daruma, early 20th century

Unknown Japanese

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seated doglike animal with chin, chest and proper right leg resting on a ball; open mouth with another small banll inside

Netsuke [Shishi and ball], 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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seated cross-legged, slightly smiling man holding an Okame mask

Netsuke [mask carver], 20th century

Unknown Japanese

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round in shape; decorated on one side with a sage by a waterfall and a farmer leading a water buffalo on the other side; floral grommets on top; purple cord

Koma-style five-case inro with decor of waterfall, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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bald man with enlarged earlobes and pot belly holding two tiny boys in a sack on his proper left shoulder

(Hotei and Two Boys in a Sack), 20th century

Hozan

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smiling man with large earlobes, wearing a loose cloth hat, walking and operating a temple dancer puppet on top of a box/stage slung from his neck

Netsuke [Daikoku as a puppeteer], 19th century

Munenari

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recumbent ox with a rope tied around its mouth and extending down its back

Netsuke [recumbent ox], early 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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man with beard shadow and large earlobes, wearing a cloth hat and sitting on a bag, performing calculations on an abacus

Daikoku using an abacus, 19th century

Shōkyūsai

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toad with bulging chin, bumpy back and inlaid eyes

Netsuke [toad], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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turtle withdrawn into its shell with head and legs visible at ends

Netsuke [turtle], late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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modified rectangular shape with one curved long side and one short side rough, with open rectangular hole for 'blade'

Carpenter's plane, 19th century

Tomochika

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wind god's head and shoulders, proper left arm and proper right leg emerging from a large bag

Netsuke [Futen], mid 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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tiny long-haired, horned demon collapsed in mourning across a large severed forearm with three-fingered hand; demon holds head with proper left hand and a rosary in its proper right hand

Small demon crying over the severed arm of the Rashomon demon, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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grinning figure with furrowed brow grasping its long red hair in both hands, wearing elaborate brocaded costume in red, black and gold

Lion dancer, 19th century

Issai

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square in shape, with squared-off corners; top is decorated with an openwork metal flower around post hole; bottom on exterior decorated with landscape with bridge in front and cottage in distance; interior of lower section decorated with engraved flowers, geometric design at center and cloud shapes

Manju [landscape, bridge and hut], early 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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