Project Description
Pale boxwood netsuke of Yojo by Tanaka Juntoku Minkō (1735-18116)
Stabbing his master’s cloak with his sword. His eyes are inlays of bone with drilled and stained pupils, and the himotoshi are lined with bone rings
Signed: Minko. Tsu, circa 1820
Height: 2.6 cm
Provenance:
French private collection
Information:
Fuld lists six of these, including one in the Irving Gould collection (no. 89 in the catalogue), one in the Hermitage Museum and one in the Werdelmann collection
MR2885
