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Title: Turtles and Sake Cup Artist: Yashima Gakutei Date: Edo period, 1789-1868 Medium: woodblock print Source: Ukiyo-e.org

Title: Fox/ Kitsune Artist: Shōmosai Masamitsu Origin: Japan Medium: Wood with silver lacquer Size: 2 9/16 x 1 1/8 x 11/16 in. (6.6 x 2.9 x 1.8 cm) Source: LACMA

Title: Newly Arrived Camel Drawn from Life Artist: Utagawa Yoshitoyo Date: Late Edo period, fifth month of 1863 Medium: Woodblock print Source: Ukiyo-e.org

Title: Incense Burner in Form of a Praying Mantis Date: 19th century Culture: Japan Medium: Iron, gold, lining of silver Size: H. 3 1/3 in. (8.9 cm); L. 6 in. (15.2 cm) Source: The MET

Title: Netsuke of a Seated Hare Artist: Minkō Date: late 18th-early 19th century Culture: Japan Medium: Wood, horn Size: H. 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); W. 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) Source: The MET

Asaji Muroi aka 室井亜砂二 (Japanese, b. 1946, Tokyo, Japan) - Unknown Title 

Alvin Langdon Coburn - Portrait of the Dancer Michio Ito as The Hawk in W.B. Yeats play, At the Hawk’s Well, 1916 Negative, gelatin on nitrocellulose roll film

Pioneer RT707 by ScotiaIsles Via Flickr: Pioneer vintage reel to reel tape recorder. Very solid machine with 5mm thick aluminium front plate. Autoreverse playback. The RT909 is even more impressive.