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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Japanese
Title:Dutchman holding a bird
Date Made:18th century
Type:Netsuke/Inro/Ojima
Materials:Ivory; carved with pigment
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Overall: 4 1/8 in x 1 in x 3/4 in; 10.5 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.9 cm
Narrative Inscription:  No inscription.
Accession Number:  MH 1986.30.33
Credit Line:William Richter Collection, Gift of Margaret Ruth Richter (Class of 1939)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Japanese netsuke. A slender standing dutchman in with a feather hat holds a bird (crane?). Two holes for functional use on his back.

Label Text:
In 18th century Japan, Europeans were perceived as mysterious beings and objects of curiosity. Fearing political subversion, the Japanese government confined Dutch merchants to the tiny island of Deshima in Nagasaki harbor. The sole opportunity for Japanese to glimpse Europeans came during the annual visit of the Dutch East India Company representative to the shogun in Edo, present-day Tokyo. A particularly vivid description of these foreigners describes them as “imaginary beings with cat’s eyes, huge noses, red hair, and shrike’s-tongues.”

(2004)

Tags:
portraits; figures; animals

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