Japanese netsuke, Sake vendor (Tanuki)

An image of Netsuke. Unknown maker, Japan. Sake vendor (Tanuki) standing on wooden clogs (Geta). He wears the lotus hat with moveable tongue, holding a Sake bottle inscribed Hachi (eight = Sake producers trade mark) and a note book inscribed Kayoi (order book). Ivory, carved, 1870-1900.

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Netsuke. Unknown maker, Japan. Sake vendor (Tanuki) standing on wooden clogs (Geta). He wears the lotus hat with moveable tongue, holding a Sake bottle inscribed Hachi (eight = Sake producers trade mark) and a note book inscribed Kayoi (order book). Ivory, carved, 1870-1900.

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Accession Number: O.32-2008
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: 678 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 522.79kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 02:11:37

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19th Century alcohol bottle carved clogs Fitz_AA footware geta ivory Japanese lotus lotus leaf male netsuke sake sake bottle sake vendor seller selling shoes tongue vendor

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