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Source Description
This netsuke (toggle) is carved with Japanese writing implements, including brushes, an inkstick, inkstone, water-dropper, jars for brushes, paper and a writing box. Writing instruments, which have long had functional, symbolic, and aesthetic value in Japan, were collected by the Japanese intellectual elite and often decorated objects and textiles.
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Document identity
localId
20520
label
Netsuke Depicting Writing Materials
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obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
20520
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Netsuke Depicting Writing Materials
description
This netsuke (toggle) is carved with Japanese writing implements, including brushes, an inkstick, inkstone, water-dropper, jars for brushes, paper and a writing box. Writing instruments, which have long had functional, symbolic, and aesthetic value in Japan, were collected by the Japanese intellectual elite and often decorated objects and textiles.
date
2nd half 19th century (Meiji period (1868-1912))
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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netsuke
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2
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2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
3.4
height
3.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 5/16 x W: 1 1/4 in. (3.4 x 3.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Gyokuho; [Seal] Hozan (?)
dynasty
Meiji period (1868-1912)
med
whale tooth
creator_ids
4499
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
2128
2759
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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ee4809e97de06129
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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b4f37aa32f53f216
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no
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no