 017 |
 018 |
 019 |
 021 |
| 017: Three-clawed dragon #32, coiled amidst stylised clouds. Boxwood. Signed: Toyomasa 018: Group of four clam shells #112. Ivory. Signed Garaku 019: Group of seven ginko nuts #111. Ivory. Signed: Okatomo 021: Tiger #28, seated, head turned to then left looking back. Ivory. Signed: Godo |
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 020 |
 020 |
 022 |
 023 |
| 020: Monkey #48, seated, eating a peach held in its left hand. Well patinated boxwood. Signed: Hakuryu 022: Monkey and kappa #46, wrestling on a base. Stained boxwood. Signed: Toyomasa 023: Ashinaga #89, aggressively raising his right hand holding a pipe. Ivory. Signed: Masaharu |
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 024 |
 024 |
 025 |
 026 |
| 024: Coffer-fish #67. Slightly stained ivory. Signed Masanao 025: Reclining mare #39, with foal climbing on her back. Box wood. Signed: Kokei 026: Group of two tigers #24 and cub playing around a rock. Box wood. Signed: Kokei |
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 027 |
 028 |
 029 |
 030 |
| 027: Badger #63, seated, beating his stomach. Box wood. Signed: Masanao (Yamada) 028: Two frogs #54, clinging to the side of a water bucket. Boxwood. Signed: Masanao (Yamada) 029: Puppy #42, seated. Ebony or black persimmon. Signed: Minko with kakihan 030: Man seated cross legged #93, face contorted as he tries to bend a piece of bamboo. Cherry wood. Signed: Miwa |
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 031 |
 031 |
 032 |
 033 |
| 031: Three-clawed dragon #30, with fierce expression. Ivory. Signed: Yoshimasa 032: Centipede #71, Mount Fuji, Eggplant and Eagle?s beak (ichi Fuji, nii Taka, san Nasubi). Whale tooth, Unsigned 033: Oni #86, crouched on a large lotus leaf, holding a spider by one of his legs. Ivory. Unsigned |
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 034 |
 034 |
 034 |
 035 |
| 034: Crane dancer #98, standing on one foot. Stained boxwood. Signed Gessho 035: Matchlock pistol. Wood and iron. Unsigned |
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Hi Judy,
16 years after parting with the tiger and one’s memory for a rare and even excellent Godo had momentarily disappeared… Now that you pointed it out to me, of course all came back, it had strong shoulders, great paws but was smallish for my taste. I am sure however that at that time I did not take pictures of the underside, not even of the signatures…
Best.
Willi
Hi Willie,
The tiger they are talking about is 021 on your netsuke page. I love 017 and 031 as well. What wonderful dragons!