Project Description
Pale Boxwood Netsuke of an Aodarakyō (beggar), Attributed to Kokeisai Sansho
With slightly crazed look, his head tied in a scarf, he taps his clappers with a stick while chanting a repetitive chant in order to encourage charity. His eye pupils are inlays of dark buffalo horn. Chimney himotoshi
Unsigned. Osaka, circa 1900
Height 7.6cm
Literature:
Weber, Ko-ji Ho-ten, 1923, pl. XXXVIII (vol. 2, between pp. 24 and 25, no. 2, illustrated)
Provenance:
Harry Seymour Trower collection (listed in the Joly catalogue for Glendining, 1913, no. 18, illustrated pl. D)
MR4216
