Japanese katabori, toolmaker, by Mitsutami

An image of Netsuke: katabori. Toolmaker. Unknown maker, Japan. Mitsutami, Edo Period (1603-1868), Japan. Seated figure of a toolmaker with a smiley, wrinkled face, sharpening the teeth of a saw which he steadies with one foot. Himotoshi on the underside of his leg alongside the mark. Boxwood, carved and stained, height, whole, 2.4 cm, width, whole, 3.7 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Netsuke: katabori. Toolmaker. Unknown maker, Japan. Mitsutami, Edo Period (1603-1868), Japan. Seated figure of a toolmaker with a smiley, wrinkled face, sharpening the teeth of a saw which he steadies with one foot. Himotoshi on the underside of his leg alongside the mark. Boxwood, carved and stained, height, whole, 2.4 cm, width, whole, 3.7 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Accession Number: O.63-1991
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: 822 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 85.58kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 03:41:04

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19th Century bald bald headed boxwood carved Edo Period Fitz_AA himotoshi Japanese katabori male Mitsutami netsuke saw seated sitting smile smiling stained toolmaker tools wood wooden

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