Project Description
Umimatsu netsuke of the arm of the Rashomon demon
The classic subject, carved from a beautiful piece of black coral, the arm incised with hairs, the lamenting oni with its head buried
Unsigned, first half 19th century
Length: 6.2cm
Information:
Fuld records only one netsuke of the subject in umimatsu, by Kyusai, formerly in the Jahss collection
MR792