Project Description
Wood Netsuke of Gama Sennin by Naito Toyomasa
A classic for the artist and his school, but better carved than many. The sennin’s eyes are of bone with drilled and inked pupils, those of his toad are of buffalo horn
Signed with a bold rectilinear signature. Tamba. Circa 1830-1850
Height: 4.7 cm
For different variants of the subject by Toyomasa, see the Journal reference in the literature below
Provenance:
Johnny Johnston, Tokyo
Willi Bosshard, Switzerland, purchased from the above, 1982
Literature:
Journal of the International Netsuke Collectors’ Society, 7/4 (1980), p. 15, fig. 3
S.L. Moss, Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on, 2008, no. 67
MR4142
