Japanese netsuke, Ashinaga and Tenaga

An image of Netsuke: sashi: Ashinaga and Tenaga. Unknown maker, Japan. Ashinaga and Tenaga, the latter seated on his friend's back and reaching down with his elongated arms to hold up Ashinaga's leaf skirt. Ashinaga's hands are clasped behind his back holding up Tenaga. Their hair is scraped into a bun. Natural himotoshi formed by arms and legs. Boxwood, carved and stained, height, whole, 9.9 cm, width, whole, 2.5 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Netsuke: sashi: Ashinaga and Tenaga. Unknown maker, Japan. Ashinaga and Tenaga, the latter seated on his friend's back and reaching down with his elongated arms to hold up Ashinaga's leaf skirt. Ashinaga's hands are clasped behind his back holding up Tenaga. Their hair is scraped into a bun. Natural himotoshi formed by arms and legs. Boxwood, carved and stained, height, whole, 9.9 cm, width, whole, 2.5 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Accession Number: O.94-1991
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: 1029 pixels
Image width: 558 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 306.87kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 22:06:07

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19th Century arms Ashinaga borne boxwood bun carried carrying carved Edo Period Fitz_AA hair himotoshi Japanese long arms male netsuke stained Tenaga wood wooden

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