Ittobori Year of the Dog

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NAME: Japanese ittobori carving of a dog, representing zodiac year of the dog, in wood box.

MAKER: Burnt wood engraving on bottom as well as on the box lid

SIZE: 2" tall, 3" long

CONDITION: Good

NOTES: Briefly, Ittobori is a carving technique. The name literally means "one chisel cut". You see the angles made by the chisel, they are not smoothed out. An art form that goes back hundreds of years, the most popular subjects are Noh and the 12 Animals of the Zodiac.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 08 August, 2009.