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Netsuke: katabori: Itinerant bookseller. Unknown maker, Japan. An itinerant merchant carrying a heavy pack of books on his back, wearing knee length robes and a wide, rounded hat; a gong is suspended from his waist and he holds a mallet in his right hand. His left hand is raised and the object he was holding is missing. The characters inscribed on the back of the pack read `The 66 provinces of Japan' (the last character is not the correct version of province). Himotoshi formed by the stand on the base of the pack. Ivory, carved and stained, height, whole, 7.6 cm, width, whole, 2.9 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868).
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