Japanese netsuke, Oni seated in a bath tub, by Hanayama

Netsuke: katabori: Oni seated in a bath tub. Hanayama, Edo Period (1603-1868), Japan. An oni sitting in a bath tub drying his back with a towel. Facial features are wide and the mouth is pulled into a grimace. He has two horns on top of his head, a bald central patch and long hair. Himotoshi on the underside. Wood, carved with inalid decoration, height, whole, 3.5 cm, width, whole, 3.5 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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• Accession Number: O.58-1991
• 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: 847 pixels
• Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
• Filesize: 551.56kB
• Exposure time: 1/30
• ISO Speed: 100
• Fnumber: 32/1
• Captured: 2000:01:01 03:30:24

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