Project Description
Boxwood Netsuke of a Sleeping Monk, by Minko
The young monk asleep over his grindstone with the handle lying on top. Ironically it is stimulating tea that he is grinding. The larger himotoshi is very generous in size and deeply excavated behind
Signed: Minko with elaborate kaō. Circa 1820
4.5 cm across
Judging by the use of a different radical in the first character from that of Tanaka Minko, this is probably the work of Konan Minko
Item Location: USA
