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Japanese netsuke, seated man holding a mask of Okame and a Shishi mask

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An image of Netsuke. Unknown maker, Japan. A seated man holding a mask of Okame and a Shishi mask upon his knee. One of the Himotoshi ring is ivory. Boxwood, carved, 1800-1830.

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Netsuke. Unknown maker, Japan. A seated man holding a mask of Okame and a Shishi mask upon his knee. One of the Himotoshi ring is ivory. Boxwood, carved, 1800-1830.

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  • Accession Number: O.28-2008
  • 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: 872 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 516.74kB
  • Exposure time: 1/30
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2000:01:01 05:58:17

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19th Century boxwood carved Fitz_AA himotoshi Japanese male mask masks netsuke Okame seated shishi sitting wood wooden

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