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Itinerant bookseller
Netsuke: katabori: Itinerant bookseller. Ivory, carved and stained. 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.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.
Height: 7.6 cm
Width: 2.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Edo Period (1615-1868)
Circa
1800
-
1868
Carving
: Ivory, carved and stained
Staining
Accession number: O.78-1991
Primary reference Number: 22405
Old object number: JAPWA/768
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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