Binoculars, belt knot and shôgi pieces, A still life of binoculars, belt knot (netsuke) decorated with a turtle and two pieces from the shôgi game, a Japanese variant of chess. Binoculars were a special Western product at the time of this surimono. With three poems, telescope, Kubota Shunman (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1800 - c. 1809, paper, colour woodcut, h 132 mm × w 173 mm

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Binoculars, belt knot and shôgi pieces, A still life of binoculars, belt knot (netsuke) decorated with a turtle and two pieces from the shôgi game, a Japanese variant of chess. Binoculars were a special Western product at the time of this surimono. With three poems, telescope, Kubota Shunman (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1800 - c. 1809, paper, colour woodcut, h 132 mm × w 173 mm

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