Japanese netsuke, Empress Jingo and her adviser Takeshiuchi-no-Sukune

An image of Netsuke. Ryogen, carver, Japan. The Empress Jingo and her adviser Takeshiuchi-no-Sukune holding the future emperor O jin, walrus ivory. Japanese, signed Ryogen. Walrus ivory, carved, height, whole, 4.4 cm, width, whole, 3.5 cm, 1800-1900.

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Netsuke. Ryogen, carver, Japan. The Empress Jingo and her adviser Takeshiuchi-no-Sukune holding the future emperor O jin, walrus ivory. Japanese, signed Ryogen. Walrus ivory, carved, height, whole, 4.4 cm, width, whole, 3.5 cm, 1800-1900.

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Accession Number: O.11-1993
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: 1024 pixels
Image width: 867 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 614.30kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 04:57:23

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