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Japanese bronze sculpture of a frog hidding in a lotus leaf (Okimono)
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A small bronze sculpture of a frog emerging from a huge lotus leaf, a small but detailed beetle on the other side of the leaf. The frog (kaeru) is associated with luck and wealth. In feudal Japan, tax collectors could be recognized by the frog-shaped netsuke they wore on their belts. Kaeru means both "frog" and "coming home" in Japanese. This extension of meaning is due to the frog's ability to return each year to the pond where it was born. Whereas the lotus flower, called Hasu in Japanese, is believed to be a symbol of purity and perfection because of the contrast between its beauty and the muddy water where it grows. For this reason, it progressively became a spiritual symbol of purification and re-birth in the Shinto religion.
Japan – Taisho era (1912-1926)
Height: 2 cm – Length: 7 cm – Width: 3 cm
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