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Title: "Kokinshū": Anthology of Classic Japanese Poetry
Date: 18th century
Artist: unknown
Type of art: accessories, wood
Note: A wooden netsuke carved into a shape of two volumes of "Kokin-shu", the first anthology of Japanese poetry (905 BC), which contains 1,111 poems.
Born in 17th-century Japan, the netsuke is a miniature sculpture originally used as a button fastener on the cords of an inro box. Netsuke later developed into ornately sculpted objects of craftsmanship.
Source and information: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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