Japanese netsuke of Hanasaka Jijii, by Gyokko

An image of Netsuke. Hanasaka Jijii, the old man who made dead trees flower, with his basket of ashes. Gyokkō (Japanese). Wood and ivory, height 3 cm, width 3.5 cm. Acquisition Credit: Marlay Bequest.

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Netsuke. Hanasaka Jijii, the old man who made dead trees flower, with his basket of ashes. Gyokkō (Japanese). Wood and ivory, height 3 cm, width 3.5 cm. Acquisition Credit: Marlay Bequest.

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Accession Number: MAR.O.138-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 984 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 575.42kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:03 02:25:03

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