Japanese netsuke, sleeping Shojo, by Hokutei

An image of Netsuke: katabori. Sleeping Shojo. Hokutei, Edo Period (1603-1868), Japan. Figure of Shojo curled up and sleeping, her head and hands resting on a double gourd flask, the stalk forming the himotoshi. Details of her hair and costume finely incised. Wood, finely carved, incised and stained, height, whole, 2.6 cm, width, whole, 3.9 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Netsuke: katabori. Sleeping Shojo. Hokutei, Edo Period (1603-1868), Japan. Figure of Shojo curled up and sleeping, her head and hands resting on a double gourd flask, the stalk forming the himotoshi. Details of her hair and costume finely incised. Wood, finely carved, incised and stained, height, whole, 2.6 cm, width, whole, 3.9 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Accession Number: O.68-1991
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: 790 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 90.62kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:03 22:52:24

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19th Century asleep carved curled curls Edo Period female Fitz_AA gourd himotoshi hokutei incised Japanese katabori netsuke sleeping sleepy slumber stained woman wooden

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