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A WOOD NETSUKE OF SHOKI AND ONI AN OKIMONO-STYLE WOOD NETSUKE OF ONI NO NENBUTSU
By Tomokazu, Gifu, early/mid-19th century By Kyokumin, mid-late 19th century
The oni crawling on a basket, trapping Shoki inside, his sword poking The demon seated wearing a solemn expression, holding his drum
through the basket, the oni’s teeth and button of bone, Shoki’s beater with one hand, the other grasping the handle of a bucket
buttons and the eyes of both inlaid in horn; signed in an oval reserve beside him, his robe with a manji mon (swastika crest) on the back;
Tomokazu. 3.1cm (1¼in). signed Kyokumin. 3.1cm (1¼in).

£2,000 - 2,500 £600 - 800
JPY280,000 - 350,000 JPY84,000 - 110,000
US$2,600 - 3,300 US$790 - 1,100
木彫根付 鍾馗と鬼 銘「友一」 19世紀前期/中期 木彫根付 鬼の念仏 銘「旭民」 19世紀中期/後期

Provenance: Provenance:
Scott Meredith Collection. Purchased at Toledano, Bordeaux, November 2007.
Purchased at Barry Davies Oriental Art, September 1995.

Published:
Barry Davies Oriental Art, SM, no.54.

For other examples by the artist, see Barry Davies Oriental Art, RSH,
p.225, no.169, and A. Ducros, NS, p.83, figs.117-121. A similar
example of the subject is illustrated on the back cover of BAFJ, no.49.

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