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Fan and Inro
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Partially opened fan, decorated with a landscape in which pine trees are by a lake. Beside it a medicine box (inro) on which a crane and bamboo are depicted. Beside it a bead (ojime) of gemstone and a belt knot (netsuke) of ivory in the shape of a turtle. A long-haired turtle symbolizes a long life, due to the belief that it gets a tail of seaweed at the age of 10,000 years. The crane and pine trees are also luck symbols. With three poems.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineWaaier en inro. c. 1822. Totoya Hokkei. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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