Japanese okimono, Yamabushi kneeling and a monkey

An image of Okimono. Yamabushi, (the wandering fighting priest) kneeling on his left leg, his face turning to the left with pain, and a monkey hiding behind him, emerging from the large conch shell, pulling his cap (Tokin). Unknown carver, Japan. Ivory, 1870-1930.

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Okimono. Yamabushi, (the wandering fighting priest) kneeling on his left leg, his face turning to the left with pain, and a monkey hiding behind him, emerging from the large conch shell, pulling his cap (Tokin). Unknown carver, Japan. Ivory, 1870-1930.

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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: 1024 pixels
Image width: 959 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Windows)
Filesize: 112.27kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:03 22:30:26

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19th Century 20th Century animal animals carved chimp conch shell Fitz_AA ivory Japanese kneeling male monkeys monks netsuke objet d'art okimono pain priest shells staffs yamabushi

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