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Inro: Six Long-tailed Tortoises (Symbols of Longevity)

Inro: Six Long-tailed Tortoises (Symbols of Longevity)

Place of OriginJapan
Date19th century
Mediumlacquer
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee
Object number
1948.125C
Not on View
Image Not Available for Inro: auspicious symbols in and between medaillons
Inro: auspicious symbols in and between medaillons
19th century
Image Not Available for Inro: Twelve Symbols of the Zodiac
Inro: Twelve Symbols of the Zodiac
19th century
Image Not Available for Inro: (front) Fukuoluju, God of Longevity, on a Crane Flying over a Cloud and Holding a Sacred Jewel in His Right Hand; (back) Chinese Boy under a Pine Tree with Fukurokuju’s Staff and Fan on the Ground
Inro: (front) Fukuoluju, God of Longevity, on a Crane Flying over a Cloud and Holding a Sacred Jewel in His Right Hand; (back) Chinese Boy under a Pine Tree with Fukurokuju’s Staff and Fan on the Ground
Somada Hisamitsu
19th century
Image Not Available for Netsuke: tortoise
Netsuke: tortoise
Nagamitsu
19th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Hotei, God of Good Luck, with a Bag; (back) Ebisu (?), God of Daily Food, in a Boat with Crane, Symbol of Longevity, Flying Above
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Hotei, God of Good Luck, with a Bag; (back) Ebisu (?), God of Daily Food, in a Boat with Crane, Symbol of Longevity, Flying Above
School of Masayoshi Ishiguro
early 19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Fan Print: A long-tailed bird on a flowering plum branch
Fan Print: A long-tailed bird on a flowering plum branch
Isoda Koryusai
late 18th Century
Netsuke: Good luck symbols
Netsuke: Good luck symbols
Hoichi
mid 19th century
Netsuke: Lucky symbols ryusa
Netsuke: Lucky symbols ryusa
Ryusho
mid 19th century
Netsuke: Bat with Buddhist symbols
Netsuke: Bat with Buddhist symbols
mid 19th century
Image Not Available for Inro: Court Ladies Playing the Shell Game
Inro: Court Ladies Playing the Shell Game
Koma Kansai 古満寛哉
about 1860
Inro: aged Taira no Koremochi under a maple tree
Inro: aged Taira no Koremochi under a maple tree
Kajikawa 梶川
19th century
Inro: whisk leaning against a bamboo structure
Inro: whisk leaning against a bamboo structure
Kajikawa 梶川
19th century

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