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19th century Purchased animal Approx art name article of utility artistic netsuke aspect of netsuke attachment basic netsuke belt or sash black coral BLOW FISH Boxwood Length Braun CAMEL PAIR carving netsuke collectors color early 18th century elephant eyes inlaid FOX PRIEST Fukusuke Garaku gourd hanging object Hazel H Hornbill Ivory Ivory Height IVORY NUT Iwami Japan Japanese art Kagamibuta Kamman Kazuo Itoh Kyoto lacquer artists lacquer inro lacquer netsuke Late 19th century legend MANJU NETSUKE marine ivories mask Masotoshi Material Meiji period metal artists miniature sculpture Mongolia Morikawa Toen Nara Narwhal NATURAL STONE netsuke artist netsuke carvers ojime Okatomo polishing Purchased from Kazuo purse Ranichi rare rarity Red lacquer tsuishu Rhinoceros Horn SAKE GOURD samurai sennin Shimane Prefecture signature Signed slide bead ojime SOUTH SEA ISLANDER Staghorn Tetsugen tinder box tobacco pouch Tokugawa Tokyo Tokyo carver Tortoise shell ukiyoe umimatsu Unsigned Date usually vegetable ivory walrus wood