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MYTH AND RELIGION
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A WOOD NETSUKE OF AN ONI A LATE WOOD OKIMONO-STYLE NETSUKE
By Masakazu, Nagoya, 19th century OF RAIDEN AND RAITARO
The demon crouching beneath a large straw hat, attempting to hide Late 19th century
from beans thrown at the Setsubun ceremony to exorcise him and The former standing, berating his terrified son, threatening him with
other demons, two beans rolling down the crown of the hat, another a raised fist, a hand-drum slung around the child’s neck, the work
bean resting on the demon’s head, the eye inlaid; signed Masakazu. delicately rendered, the wood lightly stained; unsigned.
3cm (1 3/16in). 5.3cm (2 1/8in) high.
£800 - 1,000 £800 - 1,000
JPY110,000 - 140,000 JPY110,000 - 140,000
US$1,100 - 1,300 US$1,100 - 1,300

木彫根付 鬼遣 銘「正一｣ 19世紀 木彫根付 雷電と雷太郎 無銘 19世紀後期

Provenance: Provenance:
Purchased at Ader, Hotel Drouot, February 1984. Purchased at Siboni, Hotel Drouot, March 2006.

A similar example by Masakazu is illustrated by F. Meinertzhagen,
MCI, p.426, and two others by Ittan are illustrated in ibid., p.250.

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