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Kappa


舌を出す河童 (差根付)
Possibly by: Ozaki Kokusai (Japanese)
Possibly by: Takeda Kokusai (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
mid to late 19th century
Object Place: Asakusa, Edo, Japan

Medium/Technique Stag antler
Dimensions 12.9 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm (5 1/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23722
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsNetsuke

Catalogue Raisonné Earle, Netsuke (MFA, 2001), #106
Signed (seal only)
Marks Seal: Kokusai
印:谷
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.