A kurogaki wood netsuke of Daruma

By Minko, early 19th century

By Minko, early 19th century
Signed Minko with kao.
9.5cm (3 3/4in) high.

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Published:
Barry Davies Oriental Art, The Netsuke Collection of W. G. Bosshard Part I, 1994, no.91.
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.103, no.K970.

He stands, yawning and stretching his arms over his head, following his nine-year meditation, the tattered lower part of his robe having disintegrated and fallen to his feet.

The signature, engraved in a cursive manner, is not that of Tanaka Minko of Tsu, but another maker, using different kanji for Min and a different kao.