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Working Together
(Japan and Korea )
Ashinaga ("Long Legs") holds Tenaga ("Long Arms") on his shoulders in order to accomplish the task of tying a bag onto a high pine branch. These mythical men were said to inhabit the seashore in north China, where their very existence was dependant on this acrobatic cooperation required to catch fish. They were a popular subject for Japanese netsuke.
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Provenance
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Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 13 11/16 x W: 2 5/16 in. (34.7 x 5.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1986
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
95.154