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Netsuke: stack of coins
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Netsuke carved from ivory, depicting a pile of coins, probably as a netsuke that merchants liked to wear, possibly as a kind of talisman to increase wealth. The recognizable coins - all of rather low value, with square holes - are an Eiraku tsuho, imported from China in the Muromachi period, where it was first minted in 1408. In the middle is a so-called Wado kaiho, the earliest coin minted in Japan itself (708), and what almost looks like a copy of a Dutch coin, with two sitting heraldic lions (?), a bowl with peaches (?) and a Chinese sceptre. The reverse shows a Kanei tsuho and a representation of the Japanese lucky god of wealth, Daikoku, with his rice bales.
National Museum of World Cultures Foundation
Title: Netsuke: stack of coins
Description:
Netsuke carved from ivory, depicting a pile of coins, probably as a netsuke that merchants liked to wear, possibly as a kind of talisman to increase wealth.
The recognizable coins - all of rather low value, with square holes - are an Eiraku tsuho, imported from China in the Muromachi period, where it was first minted in 1408.
In the middle is a so-called Wado kaiho, the earliest coin minted in Japan itself (708), and what almost looks like a copy of a Dutch coin, with two sitting heraldic lions (?), a bowl with peaches (?) and a Chinese sceptre.
The reverse shows a Kanei tsuho and a representation of the Japanese lucky god of wealth, Daikoku, with his rice bales.
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