Japanese okimono of Hanasaka Jiji

An image of Okimono. Hanasaka Jiji. Unknown carver, Japan. He was an honest old man with a dog called Shiro which guided him to treasure. Bending down and leaning forward with his walking stick in his right hand, his head turned to left, talking to his pet dog Shiro next to him. Ivory, carved, 1850-1900.

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Okimono. Hanasaka Jiji. Unknown carver, Japan. He was an honest old man with a dog called Shiro which guided him to treasure. Bending down and leaning forward with his walking stick in his right hand, his head turned to left, talking to his pet dog Shiro next to him. Ivory, carved, 1850-1900.

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Accession Number: O.315-2008
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: 1025 pixels
Image width: 990 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 608.04kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:02 01:01:47

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19th Century aged animal animals bending bending down bending over caps carved costume dogs elderly Fitz_AA Hanasaka Jiji hats ivory Japanese man objet d'art okimono old old man pet dogs pets stained stick treasure treasures walking stick

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