Project Description
Wood Okimono Netsuke of a Nio and Oni Wrestling, in the style of Hozan
The oni executing what seems to be the only throw ever represented in netsuke, evident discomfort visible on the face of the nio
Unsigned. Takayama? Circa 1900
5.1 cm
Compare with an example by Hozan in the Charles Greenfield collection, exhibited in “The Magnificent Three”, 1972-N.203
MR4247
