Japanese netsuke, seated Daruma holding a whisk

An image of Netsuke. A seated Daruma with his face turned upwards and holding a whisk with both hands, his pet cat is playing the hair of the whisk. Unknown maker, Japan. Ivory, carved, 1800-1900.

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Netsuke. A seated Daruma with his face turned upwards and holding a whisk with both hands, his pet cat is playing the hair of the whisk. Unknown maker, Japan. Ivory, carved, 1800-1900.

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Accession Number: O.73-2008
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: 811 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 428.62kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:03 22:49:10

Key words

19th Century animal animals Bodhidarma Bodhidharma Buddhism Buddhist carved cats Da Mo Daruma Edo Period Fitz_AA ivory Japanese male movement netsuke pets seated sitting whisk

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