M0004136: Two wooden Netsuke, Japan

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Two wood skeletons, one massaging the other.

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Wood masseurs operating on each other, signed Miwa.

Photograph of two wooden Netsuke. One is of two wooden skeletons, one massaging the other. The other netsuke is of masseurs operating on each other, signed Miwa. Netsuke are ornaments worn with a Kimono. The Netsuke is tied a silk bag hidden behind the sash for belongings. They were especially popular during the Tokugawa period (1603–1868) and are seen by many as fine works of miniature art. This Netsuke is from Doctor Hermann Gunther's collection of Netsuke.

January 1935

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

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