A wood netsuke of an octopusBy Miwa, Edo, early 19th centuryThe anthropomorphic octopus standing, dressed in a sleeveless haori (jacket), pounding...

A wood netsuke of an octopus and monkeyEarly/mid-19th centuryThe octopus and monkey locked in combat, the monkey grappling with the octopus's two ...

A kurogaki (black persimmon) wood netsuke of a namazu (catfish) and youngBy Ryusansai Issan, Iwashiro Province, early 19th centuryThe parent lying...

A boxwood netsuke of a namazu (catfish)Late 19th centuryThe namazu swimming, a bifurcated stalk of reishi fungus by its side forming the himotoshi...

A boxwood netsuke of desiccated fishBy Naomasa, mid-19th centuryThe three fish, one eaten to the bones, the others with flesh still adhering, carv...

A kurogaki (black persimmon) wood netsuke of an awabi (abalone)By Masatomo, early 19th centuryThe shell of wood, the inside of mother-of-pearl, a ...

A boxwood netsuke of an awabi (abalone)By Tadayuki, Nagoya, mid-19th centuryThe shell stained dark, the flesh around the foot stained in sumi with...

A wood netsuke of a snailBy Tametaka, Nagoya, 18th centuryThe large snail emerging from its shell, its optic feelers fully extended, part of its l...

A wood netsuke of a branch with an applied metal snailBy a member of the Tsuchiya Yasuchika lineage, early 19th centuryThe snail crawling up a sec...

A wood netsuke of a snailBy Sari, Iwashiro Province, early 19th centuryThe snail emerging from its shell, moving over a large curled leaf, a small...

A wood netsuke of a snailBy Tameoto, 19th century The snail emerging from its shell, bending back over one edge, its optic tentacles lacquered gol...

A wood netsuke of a wasp in a loofah gourdBy Kogetsu, early 19th centuryThe wasp gnawing a large hole into the gourd, the smooth gourd pierced wit...

A wood netsuke of a wasp and nestEarly 19th centuryThe wasp resting outside the nest section, several open cells containing inlaid grubs, a decayi...

A wood netsuke of a wasp in a rotting pearBy Gekko, late 18th/early 19th centuryThe pear of typical form, carved all over with ukibori pimples, th...

A wood netsuke of reishi fungusBy Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), late 19th centuryThe four stalks of fungi with heads of differing size, seven tiny a...

A wood netsuke of a mushroom with inlaid metal antsBy Jikan Ganbun, Kyoto and Tokyo, late 19th centuryThe mushroom with a broad cap, the thick sta...

A wood netsuke of bamboo shootsBy Yoshikazu, late 19th centuryThe two bamboo shoots carved side-by-side, one curling beneath the other, the larger...

A boxwood netsuke of a chestnutBy Ouchi Sosui (1911-1972), mid-20th centuryThe chestnut of slightly flattened form, carved in a naturalistic manne...

Two boxwood netsuke of vegetable subjects19th centuryThe first a persimmon open on the underside revealing a large spider crab within the cavity, ...

Four netsuke of various materials19th centuryThe first of boxwood, in the form of three nasubi (eggplants) of differing size, each curled over for...

A wood netsuke of three shishiBy Sato Masayoshi, mid-19th centuryThe shishi playfully fighting, two rolling on their sides with raised heads, the ...

A wood netsuke of a shishiBy Suketada, Takayama, Hida Province, late 19th centuryThe shishi seated, its head turning to the right with mouth open,...

A wood netsuke of two shishiBy Tametaka, Nagoya, 18th centuryThe two shishi seated, curled around each other, their heads resting on each other's ...

A small wood netsuke of a shishiBy Tametaka, Nagoya, 18th centuryThe shishi seated, its head turning back to the right, one hind paw raised to scr...

A wood netsuke of a tengu no tamago (hatching tengu)By Toyoyasu (1811-1883), Sasayama, Tanba Province, early 19th centuryThe karasu (crow-beaked) ...

A wood netsuke of a kappa on a tortoiseBy Naito Toyomasa (1773-1856), Tanba Province, early 19th centuryThe kappa with a bemused expression, sitti...

A small wood netsuke of a kappaBy Gyokumin, Edo, late 18th centuryThe kappa bearing an agonised expression, the kappa standing on a large basket ...

A wood and stag-antler netsuke of a kappaBy Ryukosai Jugyoku, Edo, 19th centuryThe kappa of dark stained wood, clambering onto a large cucumber of...

A boxwood netsuke of a kappaBy Sukeharu, Takayama, Hida Province, 19th centuryThe kappa standing on a large clam, the kappa attempting to extricat...

Two wood netsuke of a toad and a monkey and a miniature black-lacquer two-case inroEarly to late 19th centuryThe first netsuke a monkey carved in ...

A collection of Japanese art and Japanese related auction catalogues, Christie's, Sotheby's and Klefisch (1981-2007)Including important netsuke ow...

A collection of important reference books on netsukeComprising the following: Atchley, Virginia G; Bushell, Frances; Goodall, Hollis; and Izzard, ...

A collection of gallery and dealer catalogues from various locations related to netsuke and Japanese artIncluding incomplete runs of the following...