An amusing wood netsuke of an oni at setsubun ...
An amusing wood netsuke of an oni at setsubun, by Ikka? First half 19th century
A muscular oni rolls up into a ball and pulls a large sedge hat over his back in order to protect himself from the bean shower. The beans of bone. Signed Ikka?
Height 2.8 cm Provenance
Collection Elaine Ehrenkranz (by repute)
Purchased from Helmut Laudenbach, Berg, March 1980
Coll. no. 581 (handwritten)
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An amusing wood netsuke of an oni at setsubun, by Ikka? First half 19th century
A muscular oni rolls up into a ball and pulls a large sedge hat over his back in order to protect himself from the bean shower. The beans of bone. Signed Ikka?
Height 2.8 cm Provenance
Collection Elaine Ehrenkranz (by repute)
Purchased from Helmut Laudenbach, Berg, March 1980
Coll. no. 581 (handwritten)