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Tobacco-pouch and pipecase with embossed designs; kagami netsuke, kanamono and ojime in the form of the three sacred monkeys: iwazaru, mizaru and kikazaru


煙草入れ、煙管筒、鏡根付、緒締
Kagawa Katsuhiro (Japanese, 1853–1917)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Medium/Technique Main material: embossed and painted leather; other metals: gold, copper, shakudo and shibuichi; ivory bowl; decorative technique: uchidashi; iroe takazogan
Dimensions Overall: 14 x 10.2 x 5 cm (5 1/2 x 4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5560a-d
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed Kanamono signed Katsuhiro, with a kao
勝廣(花押)
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.