Japanese netsuke of Jurojin dancing, by Tomochika

An image of Netsuke/katabori. Tomochika (Japanese). Smiling figure of Jurojin, dancing, his right leg raised, his left arm outstretched and on it seated a minogame (a long and tailed turtle believed to be over 1000 years old). His long robe has well-carved folds and is lightly incised with cloud scrolls; finely incised and stained beard and tail and features. Himotoshi in the back of his robe. Ivory, carved and stained, 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868). Japanese.

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Netsuke/katabori. Tomochika (Japanese). Smiling figure of Jurojin, dancing, his right leg raised, his left arm outstretched and on it seated a minogame (a long and tailed turtle believed to be over 1000 years old). His long robe has well-carved folds and is lightly incised with cloud scrolls; finely incised and stained beard and tail and features. Himotoshi in the back of his robe. Ivory, carved and stained, 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868). Japanese.

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Accession Number: O.75-1991
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: 788 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 485.30kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 02:30:43

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