Netsuke and Inrō from American Collections

MITSUHIDE (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY) A Wood Netsuke of a Monkey and Offspring Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The adult seated and clutching a st...

AFTER HARA SHŪGETSU (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY) A Wood and Bone Netsuke of a Foreign Egg Tester Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Standing, naked to...

TWO TALL FIGURAL WOOD NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The first a figure of Ryūjin, the Dragon King, standin...

HŌ RAKUMIN (1804-1877) A Wood Netsuke of Ariwara no Narihira Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The exiled courtier sh...

TWO WOOD NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The first of the deity Fukurokuju disguised as a tortoise; the second carved in dark wood as...

TWO WOOD NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Comprising a seated tiger looking to the right and snarling, the eyes in amber and dark horn...

SUKETADA (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY) A Wood Netsuke of Raijin Bathing with a Woman Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The slightly portly and mischie...

MITSUYUKI (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY) A Wood Netsuke of a Monkey Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century The monkey shown seated leaning to the left a...

SATŌ MASAYOSHI (1819-1865) A Wood Netsuke of a Seated Shishi Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The compact figure shown seated looking to the ...

TANAKA MINKŌ (1735-1816) A Wood Netsuke of a Chestnut Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century Realistically carved as a chestnut, wi...

A KUROGAKI (BLACK PERSIMMON) WOOD NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Carved as a South Sea Islander seated with his elbow propped on one...

NARISHIGE (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY) A Shibuichi (Copper-Silver Alloy) Manju Netsuke Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Decorated with a long-tailed...

HIRATA NARIKADO (1670-1757) A Netsuke with a Cloisonné-Enamel Plate Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century The horn body carved with rocks and flow...

SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) A Lacquered-Wood and Stag-Antler Netsuke Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Formed as two s...

IKKAN (NAGOYA, 1817-1893) A Wood Netsuke of a Rat Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The rat looking up and slightly t...

HARA SHŪMIN (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY) A Wood Netsuke of Daruma Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The figure seated wrapped in his loose voluminous...

TWO WOOD NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The first carved as a monkey trainer standing with his monkey on his shoulder, a woven baske...

TWO WOOD NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The first carved as a pair of quail standing on stalks of millet, t...

THREE WOOD FIGURAL NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Comprising a figure of Gama Sennin leaning on a staff, hi...

A WALNUT NETSUKE AND A WOOD NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The first a walnut carved in raised and sunken r...

A WOOD NETSUKE AND A LACQUER NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The first carved in wood as a cucumber, the sle...

A STAG-ANTLER NETSUKE OF A BEAN POD Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Carved as a large bean pod with a small frog crawling up the side 5 ...

A SMALL WOOD FIGURE OF SHŌTOKU TAISHI (PRINCE SHŌTOKU) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century The figure shown ...

ATTRIBUTED TO YOSHIMURA SHŪZAN (ACTIVE LATE 18TH CENTURY) A Painted-Wood Netsuke of Gama Sennin Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century Carved ...

A WOOD NETSUKE OF A FOREIGNER Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century The slender figure standing looking up to the left, holding a flute and a ...

A WOOD NETSUKE OF AN ONI Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century The oni (demon) seated, the soles of his feet pressed together in front of him, his ...

DEME LINEAGE An Erotic Wood Netsuke of Okame Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century Carved as Okame bearing a gleeful expression as she crouches wi...

A LACQUERED WOOD NETSUKE OF A KAPPA (WATER SPRITE) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The kappa seated with one knee ra...

ATTRIBUTED TO HAKUSAI (ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY) A Stag-Antler Netsuke of Raijin (The God of Thunder) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1...

KATSUKAWA SHŪZAN (1781-1801) A Painted Wood Netsuke of a Ranryō-o Dancer Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1850 The figure shown in a dramatic pose, l...

STYLE OF YOSHIMURA SHŪZAN (19TH CENTURY) A Painted-Wood Netsuke of Shoki Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Shoki shown standing, gathering his...

TEKKAN (ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY) A Wood Obihasami Netsuke Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Decorated with a Gigaku mask of Karura (Garud...

A PAINTED-WOOD NETSUKE AND THREE LACQUERED-WOOD NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Comprising a painted-wood fi...

A WOOD NETSUKE AND A LACQUERED-WOOD NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The first carved from boxwood and ebony ...

TWO WALNUT NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The first carved in relief with a boar in full gallop, signed Hidari Issan; the second car...

A WOVEN WICKER NETSUKE AND A BRASS NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The first of ebony and woven wicker, form...

A PAINTED WOOD MASK NETSUKE AND THREE WOOD MASK NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Comprising a Nio mask bearin...

EIGHT WOOD MASK NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Comprising a large demon mask, painted in red and black lacq...

NINE WOOD MASK NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Comprising a large mask of Okame; two Hannya masks, one signe...

EIGHT NETSUKE OF VARIOUS MATERIAL Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Comprising two lacquer manju netsuke, the first re...

A WOOD NETSUKE OF A DUTCHMAN Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century The curly-haired figure smiling as he balances a small child on his back an...

FOUR WOOD NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Comprising a model of a boat with a Chinese official and attendants, a 20-character poem on...

NINE WOOD NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Comprising an emaciated wild dog trapping a hare beneath its front...

TEN WOOD NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Comprising a dark wood boar entwined by a serpent, the boar's tusks...

NINE WOOD NETSUKE AND A METAL NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Comprising a seated Nio guardian tugging on a ...

EIGHT WOOD NETSUKE AND A LACQUER NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Comprising a wood horse standing in waves a...

A STAG-ANTLER AND MIXED-METAL NETSUKE AND A PORCELAIN NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The first a flat secti...

A STAG-ANTLER NETSUKE OF KAN'U (GUAN YU) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Carved as the Chinese General Kan'u astride a horse holding a halber...

A STAG-ANTLER NETSUKE AND A BONE NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The first fashioned from the tip of an antl...

TWO EROTIC NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The first carved from a corozo nut with a fish with a phallus hea...

A WOOD SASHI NETSUKE OF A FISH Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century The long, slender fish carved with open jaws containing a large ball, the...

KŌMIN (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY) A Lacquered-Sashi Netsuke of a Salmon Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Modeled as a dried salmon, the middle sect...

A WOOD NETSUKE OF A KINCHAKU (PURSE) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Carved as a folded kinchaku with a long drawstring, a yatate (portable w...

A WOOD NETSUKE AND AN UMIMATSU NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The first carved in wood as two frogs resting...

A WOOD NETSUKE OF A RAT ON A CANDLE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Carved in dark wood as a rat climbing on the end...

A WOOD NETSUKE AND A PETRIFIED WOOD NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The first carved as a quail and its youn...

A LACQUERED-WOOD NETSUKE OF A SHACHIHOKO (DRAGON FISH) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century Carved in a compact design with the dragon fish coilin...

RYŪGYOKU (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY) A Wood Netsuke of a Stylized Fukurokuju Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Carved and with the attributes of the...

A WOOD NETSUKE OF KIYOHIME Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Carved as Kiyohime as she transforms into a demon, her long serpentine tailed wrap...

AN INLAID-WOOD NETSUKE OF AN ONI Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Carved as a small oni (demon) standing on one foot, holding a fish head and ...