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Upon further reflection and the dearth of information on historical juzu that I feel like I can take to the bank, I may have been premature in planning to make a short 27-bead juzu.

So far I have been unable to turn up any extant period juzu of any kind.

This portrait of the nun Eshinni clearly shows her holding a long juzu with end tassels, most likely one with the full 108 beads.
http://www.terakoya.com/hongwanji/rekidai/eshinni.jpg

My friend Tosenin is holding a juzu that also looks long enough to be a 108-bead juzu.
http://www.wodefordhall.com/tosenin.jpg

This one is a puzzler. Oinu appears to be holding beads in her hands, possibly a short juzu, possibly looped. Unfortunately, the image in the book is not very big and I haven't found it anywhere else.
http://www.wodefordhall.com/oinunokata.jpg

There are several additional portraits of women holding juzu in Japan's Golden Age: Momoyama and the 108-bead sets appear to be the norm.
http://books.google.com/books?id=l6z-BAf7UiwC&pg=PT79&lpg=PT79&dq=tenzuiin&source=bl&ots=7VZxgsdPMf&sig=lBy3Yc90oI_3RXuCklV2GjKktRU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPT84,M1

More as I learn it....

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