A Wood netsuke of a haniwa warrior

By Ouchi Sosui (1911-1972), Showa era (1926-1989), 20th century

By Ouchi Sosui (1911-1972), Showa era (1926-1989), 20th century
Rendered in conventional form, standing, wearing a visorless helmet with thick protective ear flaps and a sheet of thinner material wrapping around the rest of the head and neck, a distinctive short-sleeved body armour flaring outwards near the hips, a wide, sheathed sword suspended from the waist and diagonally across the right front of the body, and a pouch on the left side; signed on the back of the right leg Sosui. 5.7cm (2¼in) high.

For an almost identical example, see Raymond Bushell, Collectors' Netsuke, New York, John Weatherhill, 1971, p.177, no.327.