Title: Tanuki (Japanese Racoon Dog) with a Sake Bottle and Bills for Sake
Object type: Netsuke
Date: second half of the 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Garaku 
Artist bio: Japanese, active second half of the 18th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Classification: Netsuke
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals