A wood netsuke of a minogame on a log
By Hatsuse, Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th centuryThe minogame walking with head raised, its tail trailing over an asymmetric log of oval section; signed with ukibori characters Seiyodo monjin Hatsuse cho (carved by Hatsuse, pupil of Seiyodo). 5.7cm (2?in).
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木彫根付 丸太の輪切に蓑亀 銘 「青陽堂門人初瀬彫」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期Published:Lazarnick, NIA, p.454.Earle, Huthart, p.364, no.340.For another example by this rare carver with a reference to the Eno River, see G. Lazarnick, NIA, p.453.