Keywords: Ohara Mitsuhiro - Netsuke in the Form of a Puppy - Walters 71911 - Three Quarter.jpg The dog represented the 11th year in the Chinese and Japanese 12-year cycle and was popularly regarded as a dispeller of evil It was frequently portrayed as a puppy Ohara Mitsuhiro one of the most versatile and highly regarded netsuke artists of the mid-19th century was born in Onamichi near Hiroshima and became an adherent of Zen Buddhism In this example of his work the smooth rounded subtly stained surface appeals to the viewer's tactile sense middle Other date century 19 Edo sperm whale tooth cm 3 4 accession number 71 911 18025 William T Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters Signature Mitsuhiro Netsuke Miniature Sculpture of Japan The Fabergé Menagerie The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Columbus Museum of Art Columbus; Portland Art Museum Portland 2003-2004 place of origin Osaka Japan Walters Art Museum license Netsuke Miniature Sculpture of Japan Art of Japan in the Walters Art Museum Ohara Mitsuhiro Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |