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A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE WITH A MINOGAME A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE WITH A SPIDER, FERNS AND A POEM
By Seiyodo Gansui (1809-1848), early 19th century By Seiyodo Gansui (1809-1848), early 19th century
Carved in low relief, with a minogame placed diagonally across the Carved in relief towards the narrow end with a spider, with ferns and a
tusk; signed Enokawa Seiyodo Gansui chokoku (carved by Seiyodo three-line poem delicately engraved in kebori; signed Enokawa Gansui
Gansui by the Eno River) with a kao. chokoku (carved by the Eno River by Seiyodo Gansui).
9.5cm (3¾in). 8.6cm (3 3/8in).
£2,000 - 2,500
£3,000 - 3,500 JPY260,000 - 320,000
JPY390,000 - 450,000 US$2,400 - 3,000
US$3,600 - 4,200
猪牙彫根付 蜘蛛に羊歯 銘 「可愛河巌水彫刻」 19世紀前期
猪牙彫根付 蓑亀 銘 「可愛河青陽堂巌水彫刻（花押）」
19世紀前期 Provenance:
Henry Lang Collection.
Provenance: Published:
Donald Mendelson Collection. Burditt, ICGG, p.35, figs.2a-2c.
Rokusho 20, p.36, no.44.
Published: Earle, Huthart, p.159, no.138.
Lazarnick, NIA, p.395.
Burditt, ICGG, p.38, figs.3-4. The poem, by Kawara no Sadaijin (822-95), son of Emperor Saga and
one of the ‘36 great poets’, reads: Michinoku no / shinobu mojizuri /
Earle, Huthart, p.154, no.133. tare yue ni / midaren to omou / ware nara naku ni (Like a patterned
cloth / tangle-dyed in Shinobu / in the farthest north / it must be
because of you / that my heart is in / turmoil).

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