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AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A CICADA ON WOOD A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE OF A CENTIPEDE AND FERNS
By Sasaki Tomiaki (born 1746), Iwami Province, dated 1793 WITH A POEM
The insect resting with wings folded on a piece of fallen wood, poised as By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th century
if about to take flight, the veining of its wings carved in low relief, signed Carved in low relief, the centipede clambering along the length of the
Kaishundo Sa Tomiaki kore o chokoku toki ni Kansei go mizunoto-ushi tusk, the concave side decorated with ferns and a poem by Kawara no
gogatsu mikka nari (carved by Sa[saki] Kaishundo Tomiaki on the third Sadaijin from the love-poem section of the Kokinwakashu (Collection of
day of the fifth month of the fifth, mizunoto-ushi, year of Kansei [1793]), Ancient and Modern Poems), signed Iwami-shu (Iwami-no-kuni) Enokawa
with two unread seals. Seiyodo Bunshojo chokoku (carved by Seiyodo Bunshojo by the Eno
6.3cm (2½in). River in Iwami Province).
12.2cm (4¾in).
£3,000 - 3,500
JPY440,000 - 510,000 £3,000 - 4,000
US$3,900 - 4,600 JPY440,000 - 580,000
US$3,900 - 5,200
黒檀彫根付 流木に蝉 銘 「回春堂佐富明彫刻之于時寛政五癸丑五
月三日也」 1793年 猪牙彫根付 蜈蚣に和歌 銘 「石見州可愛河青陽堂文章女彫刻」
19世紀前期
Provenance:
Joseph and Edie Kurstin Collection. Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.104, no.85.
Published:
Okada and Neill, RIB, p.55, no.35. The translation of the inscribed poem reads:
Lazarnick, NIA, p.1112.
Rokusho 20, p.63, no.87. ‘Like a patterned cloth / tangle-dyed in Shinobu / in the farthest north - /
Earle, Huthart, p.98, no.80. it must be / because of you / that my heart is in / turmoil’

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AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A SPIDER ON DRIFTWOOD A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE WITH A SPIDER AND FERNS
By Sasaki Tomiaki (born 1746), Iwami Province, By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th century
late 18th/early 19th century The tusk carved to one end with a spider, its legs partially undercut, the
The small spider resting in an indentation on a large section of weathered ferns delicately engraved above in kebori, signed Iwami-shu (Iwami-no-
driftwood, which is roughened beneath, signed on the side Kaishundo kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo Bunsho chokoku (Seiyodo Bunsho carved this
Tomiaki kore o chokoku (carved by Kaishundo Tomiaki). by the Eno River in Iwami Province).
6.1cm (2 3/8in). 10.8cm (4¼in).

£2,000 - 2,500 £3,500 - 4,000
JPY290,000 - 360,000 JPY510,000 - 580,000
US$2,600 - 3,300 US$4,600 - 5,200

黒檀彫根付 流木に蜘蛛 銘 「回春堂富明彫刻之」 猪牙彫根付 蜘蛛 銘 「石見州可愛河青陽堂文章彫刻」
18世紀後期/19世紀前期 19世紀前期

Provenance: Published:
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection. Earle, Huthart, p.108, no.88.

Published: 48 *
Rasmussen, DIS, fig.5.
Earle, Huthart, p.98, no.81. A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE WITH A SPIDER AND FERNS
By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th century
The tusk of pronounced curvature, carved towards the narrow end with
a large spider, its body with etched markings and its legs undercut,
delicately engraved with ferns above, signed Nihon San’indo Iwami
Enokawa Seiyodo Bunshojo chokoku (Seiyodo Bunshojo carved this
by the Eno River in the San’indo region of Japan) with a pot seal.
10.8cm (4¼in).
£2,500 - 3,000
JPY360,000 - 440,000
US$3,300 - 3,900
猪牙彫根付 蜘蛛 銘 「日本山陰道石見可愛河青陽堂文章女彫刻」
19世紀前期

Published:
Rokusho 20, p.27, no.30.
Earle, Huthart, p.110, no.90.

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