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FOREIGNERS AND DAILY LIFE
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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A DUTCHMAN A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF SAIGYO HOSHI
18th century VIEWING MOUNT FUJI
The slender Dutchman standing, his mouth open, holding a large By Nagamitsu, late 18th/early 19th century
rooster in his arms, his divided coat carved in relief depicting breaking The poet and priest Saigyo Hoshi seated at the foot of Mount Fuji by
waves, his wide-brimmed hat with a peacock-feather plume, the a pine tree, gazing up, his hat resting at his side, the well-patinated
wood slightly worn with a good patina; unsigned. wood slightly worn; signed Nagamitsu. 5cm (2in).
9.5cm (3¾in) high.
£800 - 1,000
£3,000 - 4,000 JPY110,000 - 140,000
JPY420,000 - 560,000 US$1,100 - 1,300
US$3,900 - 5,300
黄楊彫根付 西行法師と富士山 銘「長光」
木彫根付 阿蘭陀人と鶏 無銘 18世紀 18世紀後期/19世紀前期

Provenance: Provenance:
Grandvuinet Collection. Purchased at Tessier-Sarrou, Paris, 7 May 2015, lot 179.
Purchased at Sotheby’s, London, 9 June 2004, lot 1128.
A similar item from the British Museum, formerly part of the Sir
For a very similar example, see H. Joly, WLB, pl.XLI, no.3329. This Augustus Wollaston Franks Collection, is illustrated by H. Joly,
example was sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 8 February 1989, lot 153. LIJA, p.155.

Saigyo Hoshi was descended from Tawara Toda Hidesato, renouncing
his secular life in 1137. He started a long journey with a broad hat
and staff, with which he is always depicted. Trainee artists sometimes
learned to draw by representing him with a few cursive strokes, a
motif known as Saigyo ni Fuji or Fujimi Saigyo.

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