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Source Description
Although Chinese folklore disparaged dogs, in Japan they came to be regarded positively as dispellers of evil and portenders of easy childbirth. They symbolize the eleventh year in the Chinese and Japanese 12-year cycle. In this example, the crouching animal wears a rope leash. Tomotada, a gifted animal carver, was particularly noted for carvings of oxen with rope halters. He attracted many pupils, who were permitted to sign their own work as his.
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Document identity
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19969
label
Netsuke in the Form of a Dog
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
19969
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Netsuke in the Form of a Dog
description
Although Chinese folklore disparaged dogs, in Japan they came to be regarded positively as dispellers of evil and portenders of easy childbirth. They symbolize the eleventh year in the Chinese and Japanese 12-year cycle. In this example, the crouching animal wears a rope leash. Tomotada, a gifted animal carver, was particularly noted for carvings of oxen with rope halters. He attracted many pupils, who were permitted to sign their own work as his.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 18th century (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
netsuke
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2
height
5.5
depth
3
dimensionsRaw
H: 13/16 × W: 2 3/16 × D: 1 3/16 in. (2 × 5.5 × 3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Kyoto
inscriptions
[Signature] Tomotada
med
ivory
creator_ids
4852
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
2062
275
3673
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1
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0
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photo
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