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A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF KIYOHIME A WOOD NETSUKE OF OMORI HIKOSHICHI
Late 18th/early 19th century By Miwa, Edo, late 18th/early 19th century
The witch partially manifesting as a dragon, holding a bell mallet, The hero crouching on the ground with a defiant expression, drawing
winding her scaly body around the bell of Dojoji temple, having his sword about to slay the female demon towering ferociously over
burnt the priest Anchin inside, the well-patinated wood slightly worn; him from behind, the wood slightly worn, the demon’s horns and one
unsigned. 4.5cm (1¾in). cord hole ringed in bone; signed Miwa.
3.2cm (1¼in).
£1,200 - 1,500
JPY170,000 - 210,000 £800 - 1,000
US$1,600 - 2,000 JPY110,000 - 140,000
US$1,100 - 1,300
黄楊彫根付 道成寺 無銘 18世紀後期/19世紀前期
木彫根付 大森彦七 銘「三輪」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期
Provenance:
Purchased at Tajan, Paris, May 1996. Provenance:
Purchased in Bordeaux, November 1998.
The story of Kiyohime and her ultimately destructive unrequited love
for the priest Anchin is the subject of a No drama, Dojoji.

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