Japanese netsuke of a deer being shot by an arrow, by Hidemasa

An image of Netsuke. A deer being shot through the jaw by an arrow. Hidemasa (Japanese). Maple leaves attached to the arrow. Illustration of the story of Rokusonno. Ivory, with carved and stained detail, width 5 cm. Japanese.

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Netsuke. A deer being shot through the jaw by an arrow. Hidemasa (Japanese). Maple leaves attached to the arrow. Illustration of the story of Rokusonno. Ivory, with carved and stained detail, width 5 cm. Japanese.

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Accession Number: MAR.O.144-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 844 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 101.97kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2009:11:16 15:09:44

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animal animals arrows carved death deer dying Fitz_AA Hidemasa hunting ivory Japanese katabori leaves maple leaves netsuke Rokusonno

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