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NETSUKE
Property from a European Private Collection
(Lots 1-14)

1 * 6 *
FUTATOMO (NIYU) ISSAI
A Wood Netsuke of a Rat A Wood Netsuke of a Shishi (Chinese Mythical Lion)
Edo period (11615-1868), 19th century Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The rat seated and clutching a large bean pod close to its chest, its Seated, its head turned to the right with mouth open, snarling and
long tail curling beneath forming a compact composition; signed on resting one forepaw on a pierced openwork ball; signed on the
the underside Futatomo/Niyu. underside Issai within a rectangular reserve.
5cm (2in) long. 3.7cm (1 3/8in) high.
£1,500 - 2,000
JPY290,000 - 390,000 £800 - 1,200
US$2,000 - 2,600 JPY160,000 - 230,000
US$1,000 - 1,600
For a discussion of the signature and its association with the
Tomokazu lineage, see The International Netsuke Society Journal, For an almost identical shishi by Issai, see George Lazarnick, Netsuke
vol.26, no.2, pp.46-51. and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures, Vol.1, Honolulu,
Reed Publishers, 1982, p.519.
2 *
TWO WOOD NETSUKE OF AMPHIBIANS 7 *
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The first a frog squatted on a discarded waraji (straw sandal), the TETSUGEN(DO) KYUSAI (1879-1938)
looped thong of which forms the himotoshi, signed Masanao within an A Lacquered Wood Netsuke of a Reishi Fungi
oval reserve, 4cm (1 9/16in) long; the second a large toad sitting on a Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1927
lotus leaf, unsigned; 4cm x 4.7cm (1 9/16in x 1 13/16in). (2). Formed in dry lacquer as several branches of reishi fungus, signed on
the underside Kyusai; with wood tomobako storage box inscribed on
£1,000 - 1,500 the cover Reishi kanshitsu netsuke (Dried-lacquer netsuke of a fungus)
JPY190,000 - 290,000 and signed on the inside of the lid Kyusai kore o kizamu (Kyusai carved
US$1,300 - 2,000 this) and dated Showa hinoto-u chushun (February 1927) and sealed

3 * Kyu. 2.2cm x 4cm (7/8in x 1 5/8in). (2).
KOKEI OF KUWANA, ISE PROVINCE £2,000 - 3,000
A Wood Netsuke of a Tanuki (Japanese Raccoon Dog) JPY390,000 - 580,000
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century US$2,600 - 3,900
Seated in the typical manner, its head raised with mouth open as it
drums on its stomach, one paw held aloft, the wood slightly worn
with a good patina; signed Kokei. 3.5cm (3 3/8in) high. 8 *
MASAKIYO OF YAMADA, ISE PROVINCE
£1,500 - 2,000 A Wood Netsuke of a Baby
JPY290,000 - 390,000 Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912),
US$2,000 - 2,600 mid/late 19th century
4 * Carved crawling on the ground, wearing a bib patterned as a turtle’s
carapace, in such a manner that the child’s projecting genitals appear
MASAKIYO OF YAMADA, ISE PROVINCE as a turtle’s head; signed Masakiyo.
A Wood Netsuke of a Monkey
Edo period(1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid/late 19th century 3cm x 4.2cm (1 1/8in x 1 5/8in).
Seated cross-legged, biting into a biwa fruit clutched in one hand, the
other hand resting on his knee, his eyes inlaid with dark pupils; signed £1,000 - 1,500
Masakiyo within an oval reserve. JPY190,000 - 290,000
5.1cm (2in) high. US$1,300 - 2,000
£1,000 - 1,500 Provenance:
JPY190,000 - 290,000 Emile Veranneman Collection.
US$1,300 - 2,000
5 * Published and Illustrated:
Japanese Netsuke, Ojime, Inro and Lacquerware, Eskenazi Ltd.,
HOKYUDO ITSUMIN London, 1984, p.74, no.77.
A Wood Group of Monkeys
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912),
mid/late 19th century
The adult seated cross-legged and holding a hornet’s nest, two
offspring standing and clambering over each side of their mother,
screaming with their hands held over the larvae and wasp, the
monkeys’ eyes double-inlaid in pale horn with dark pupils; signed
in a rectangular reserve Hokyudo Itsumin to. 6cm (2 3/8in) high.
£2,000 - 3,000
JPY390,000 - 580,000
US$2,600 - 3,900

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