Barry Davies 11/94, Netsuke 99-126


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099: Front Horse #37, in a ‘hanging’ position, with body, legs and tail as suspended. Obi-Hasami in Staghorn. Unsigned
100: Turtle #61, with young on its back. Ebony or umoregi. Unsigned, later inscribed Kanman
101: Fisherman #105, standing, carrying a basket, nets slung over his left shoulder. Box wood. Signed: Kyokusai
102: Rat #1, seated, clutching and gnawing the end of its coiled tail. Box wood. Signed: Okatomo

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104: Squirrel #73, on an upturned mushroom. Ivory. Unsigned
105: Turtle #60. Box wood. Signed: Shuya
106: Priest #102, sitting cross legged, blowing into a hibachi. Box wood and ebony. Signed: Gyokoso & Sosui

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107: Hyppotamus frog in horn, unsigned
108: Sumo wrestler #99, rising, adjusting his kimonos for ease for ease of movement. Ivory. Signed: Ryo
109: Tusk section #106, decorated with flowers, rocks and a poem in sosho calligraphy. Ivory. Signed: Bunshojo & Gansui
110: Seated spaniel #40. Ivory. Signed: Okatomo

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111: Boy #96, seated, holding a winter cherry. Box wood. Signed: Tsuji
112: Priest #103, sitting cross legged, blowing into a hibachi. Ivory. Signed: Sosui
113: Gama Sennin #95, seated, tempting his toad to jump up to his left shoulder. Cypress wood. Unsigned
114: Ashinaga #97, holding an alms bowl on his left shoulder, from which a dragon emerges. Box wood. Signed: Chikusai

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115: Eagle #56, holding down a crab with its talons. Box wood. Signed: Tadatoshi
116: Horse #38, its head lowered, its back covered with a decorated saddle cloth and tie. Ivory. Unsigned
117: Rat #10, crouching on a large upturned mushroom. Black persimmon. Signed: Kanman To, with seal
118: Wolf #59, crouching, holding down a half eaten crab. Box wood. Signed: Tomotada

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119: Badger #64, holding a lotus leaf cloak around him and wearing a lotus leaf hat. Ivory. Unsigned
120: Shishi #75, seated, forepaws and right hind pas resting on a large ball. Ivory. Signed: Mitsuharu
126: Wasp #62, inside a rotting pear. Box wood. Signed: Sangetsu

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125: Oni #88, seated, grimacing, his hands forming the himotoshi as if pulling a rope.
Box wood. Unsigned, attributed to Gessen (see also Pictures 5, slide 95
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