M0004168EA: Wood Sambosa dancer holding hand to his face suffering face ache / M0004168EB: Carving of Myoga Zingiber (Japanese ginger)

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A reproduction of two photographs. The top photograph is of a netsuke of a wooden Sambosa dancer holding hand to his face suffering face ache, signed by Miwa. The bottom photograph is a wooden carving of a shoot of Myoga Zingiber, a Japanese ginger, native to Japan and also found in South Korea. Myoga shoots are considered a great delicacy inn Japan but over indulging are believed to result in memory loss.

M0004168EA: Wood Sambosa dancer holding hand to his face suffering face ache / M0004168EB: Carving of Myoga Zingiber (Japanese ginger)

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