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A mid-19th century CE Japanese ivory netsuke depicting Minamoto no Mitsunaka killing a demon. Made by Kazushige, now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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A mid-19th century CE Japanese ivory netsuke depicting Minamoto no Mitsunaka killing a demon. Made by Kazushige, now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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A Japanese ivory netsuke depicting a buaku mask. 18th-19th century CE, now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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A Japanese ivory netsuke depicting a buaku mask. 18th-19th century CE, now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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A 19th century CE Japanese netsuke made of ebony with inlays, depicting an owl attacking a bat. Now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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A 19th century CE Japanese netsuke made of ebony with inlays, depicting an owl attacking a bat. Now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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A 19th century Japanese netsuke depicting a Kappa mask. Stag antler with hide, inlays. Now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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A 19th century Japanese netsuke depicting a Kappa mask. Stag antler with hide, inlays. Now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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An early 19th century CE ivory netsuke depicting the Monkey King Sun Wukong, made by the Japanese artist Matsushita Otoman

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An early 19th century CE ivory netsuke depicting the Monkey King Sun Wukong, made by the Japanese artist Matsushita Otoman

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A 19th century CE Japanese ivory netsuke depicting a scene from the Noh Play "Takasago". Now housed at Tokyo National Museum

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A 19th century CE Japanese ivory netsuke depicting a scene from the Noh Play "Takasago". Now housed at Tokyo National Museum

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Buddhist Jewel of Wisdom Carved with the Isle of the Immortals. , made of ivory, from Japan, mid- to late 19th century CE, now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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Buddhist Jewel of Wisdom Carved with the Isle of the Immortals. , made of ivory, from Japan, mid- to late 19th century CE, now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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A late 19th century CE Japanese ivory netsuke depicting the final episode of the famous Chushingura story that tells how the 47 ronin avenged their dead master. Here we see the loyal ronin storming of the house of their dead master’s enemy. Now housed at the British Museum

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A late 19th century CE Japanese ivory netsuke depicting the final episode of the famous Chushingura story that tells how the 47 ronin avenged their dead master. Here we see the loyal ronin storming of the house of their dead master’s enemy. Now housed at the British Museum

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An 18th century CE Japanese ivory netsuke depicting a horse. Now part of a private collection

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An 18th century CE Japanese ivory netsuke depicting a horse. Now part of a private collection

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A 19th century CE painting of a maple tree, by Sakai Hoitsu . Now housed at the Nomura Art Museum in Kyoto, Japan

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A 19th century CE painting of a maple tree, by Sakai Hoitsu . Now housed at the Nomura Art Museum in Kyoto, Japan

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A late 19th century CE netsuke of a meditating skeleton, made of silver set in stag antler. Meiji period, from Japan, now housed at the British Museum

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A late 19th century CE netsuke of a meditating skeleton, made of silver set in stag antler. Meiji period, from Japan, now housed at the British Museum

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An 18th century CE Japanese ivory netsuke depicting the Ashinaga-tenaga . Now part of a private collection

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An 18th century CE Japanese ivory netsuke depicting the Ashinaga-tenaga . Now part of a private collection

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A Japanese ivory netsuke with rabbit and mortar design. Edo Period, 18th century CE, now housed at the Tokyo National Museum

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A Japanese ivory netsuke with rabbit and mortar design. Edo Period, 18th century CE, now housed at the Tokyo National Museum

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Netsuke in the form of a monkey holding a peach, made by Yamaguchi Okatomo, Kyoto, Japan, mid 18th c. Ivory and ink. Walters Art Museum collection

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Netsuke in the form of a monkey holding a peach, made by Yamaguchi Okatomo, Kyoto, Japan, mid 18th c. Ivory and ink. Walters Art Museum collection

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A Byzantine ivory panel depicting the last judgement. From Constantinople, 11th century CE, now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

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A Byzantine ivory panel depicting the last judgement. From Constantinople, 11th century CE, now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

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A painting by the Japanese artist Ito Jakuchu, depicting two gibbons reaching for the moon. C. 1770 CE, now housed at the Kimbell Art Museum in Texas

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A painting by the Japanese artist Ito Jakuchu, depicting two gibbons reaching for the moon. C. 1770 CE, now housed at the Kimbell Art Museum in Texas

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Head of a deity, rock crystal sculpture from Nepal, 16th century; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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Head of a deity, rock crystal sculpture from Nepal, 16th century; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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"Heron in the Rain", an Ukiyo-e made by the Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyōsai, c. 1870s CE, now housed at the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaiʻi

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"Heron in the Rain", an Ukiyo-e made by the Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyōsai, c. 1870s CE, now housed at the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaiʻi

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The Lute and White Snake of Benten ; painted by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai in 1847 CE. Now housed at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C.

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The Lute and White Snake of Benten ; painted by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai in 1847 CE. Now housed at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C.

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A 1st century CE Roman intaglio gem depicting a satyr hunting game birds. Made of Chrome chalcedony, now housed at the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta

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A 1st century CE Roman intaglio gem depicting a satyr hunting game birds. Made of Chrome chalcedony, now housed at the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta

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