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A TALL WOOD NETSUKE
OF THE GOD OF MOUNT SHITSUGOZAN
Early 19th century The grimacing man-faced creature standing with one hand on its hip
Unsigned. as its turns to the right, its scaly body with flames licking up its legs
14.5cm (5¾in) high. and its long tail trailing to one side.

£50,000 - 60,000 The model is one that was made by Yoshimura Shuzan in painted
JPY7,300,000 - 8,700,000 wood, as illustrated in Inaba, SK, vol.7, pp.2-3, an example of which is
US$69,000 - 83,000 illustrated in Earle, NFR, p.107, no.71.

The model has hitherto been believed to be the Shokuin which was
木彫根付 漆呉山神 無銘 19世紀前期 first mentioned in the Chinese publication Shan hai jing, although
the description is somewhat more benign than the present example.
Provenance: The God of Mount Shitsugozan (Chinese, Qiwushan) is described as
W. W. Winkworth collection. having the torso of a dragon, scaly humanoid arms, chicken claws and
M. T. Hindson collection. flames.

Published: For a very similar example, probably by the same hand,
Mark Hindson, Collecting Netsuke, The Antique Collector, London, see Jirka-Shmitz, TRUMPF, pp.92-95.
July, 1946.
Mark Hindson, Early Netsuke Carvers and the Hawk-eyed Collector,
The Connoisseur, London, November, 1965.
Davey, MTH, p.385, no.1156.
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.377, no.K413.

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