Project Description

Boxwood netsuke of a thin blind man, by Hokyudo Itsumin (Active 1830-70)

Chewing on a stick and holding a cane. Early Tokyo style himotōshi above and below the obi

Signed: Hokyudo Itsumin to. Circa 1830

8 cm high

Information: 

Everyday figural subjects are relatively rare in Itsumin’s work

MR2617