A rare sentoku, copper and silver yatate. 19th centuryThe tubular sentoku case in shape of a tree trunk with a large silver leaf and with a brush ...

A group of eleven ojime. Various materials. 19th centurySix spherical ojime carved i. a. with the twelve zodiac animals (jûnishi), five others car...

A fine ivory netsuke of a Karyobinga. Early 19th centuryShown flying, her finely carved wings and birdlike legs drawn in for compactness holding a...

A tall ivory netsuke of a sennin holding a scroll. Late 18th centuryStanding barefoot, wearing a long, loosely belted robe, head turned to the sid...

An ivory netsuke of a toad with Tekkai Sennin's soul. Early 19th centuryA huge toad exhaling Tekkai Sennin's soul while the small sennin figure at...

A finely carved ivory netsuke of Kinko Sennin. Late 19th centurySitting on the back of a giant carp with his opened scroll in both hands. A loose ...

A rare ivory netsuke of Toenmei. Late 18th centuryDressed in long robes, holding a long staff in his right hand and a flowering chrysanthemum in h...

An ivory netsuke of Kanzan and Jittoku. Late 18th centuryLaughing joyfully, both looking at a long hanging scroll's text that Kanzan holds in his ...

A finely carved ebony wood netsuke of two go-players in a sphere. Late 19th centuryThe sphere carved with waves and clouds on a swastika-ground, o...

A large ivory kagamibuta-netsuke. Late 19th centuryCarved in deep sunken relief, the lid with the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (chikurin shichi...

An unusual stag antler netsuke of a mongolian archer. Late 18th centuryLooking determined, standing wide-legged in full armour, with both arms kep...

An ivory netsuke of Mendes Pinto, by Kosen. Late 19th centuryDressed in a long cloud patterned robe, wearing the typical tassel hat and holding a ...

An ivory netsuke of Hotei. Late 17th / early 18th centuryDressed in a loose robe, his left hand clutching the end of his bag he carries over his l...

An ivory netsuke of Hotei with a karako. Early 19th centuryStanding broad-legged, opening his treasure bag with a karako seated inside holding a t...

A walrus tusk netsuke of a karako with an Okame mask. Mid-19th centurySeated, dressed in a long shippô-tsunagi-patterned robe with a wide collar, ...

A fine ivory okimono-netsuke of Hotei and Daikoku as sumô wrestlers. Early 19th centuryHotei hauls Daikoku up on his shoulders holding him in a fi...

An ivory netsuke of sumô-wrestlers. Mid-18th centuryPossibly Jizô, dressed in a long billowing robe, grasping the opponent's (a nio, considering h...

A boxwood netsuke of a tengu no tamago. First half 19th centuryHatching from a cracked egg, both claws and the left wing already freed. Both hairw...

A finely carved netsuke of an oni, by Shôgyoku. Mid-19th centuryRolled up, hiding under a straw hat in order to avoid the beans thrown at him at t...

An ivory netsuke of Yamauba and Kintoki. Late 18th centuryThe mountain woman reclining, leaning on one hand, similar to the well-known representat...

A wood netsuke of a coral diver. Mid-19th centurySitting, dressed in a short apron and looking up laughing while tightly clasping a coral branch. ...

A large boxwood netsuke of a screaming court servant (eji). First half 19th centurySitting, yawning and stretching, his head thrown backwards. Ins...

A boxwood netsuke of a mask carver. Early 19th centurySeated cross-legged, his head slightly turned, grimacing looking at an okame mask in his lef...

An ivory manjû. 2nd half 19th centuryCarved in a deep sunken relief with the samurai leader Sasaki Takatsuna on horseback riding through the flood...

Three ivory netsuke. 2nd half 19th centurya) Disappointed rat catcher, signed Seiko on an inlaid red-lacquer tablet. Chipped; b) Bunbuku chagama, ...

A partly lacquered wood netsuke of a boy writing. 2nd half 19th centuryWearing a richly decorated kimono, sitting at a low table (bundai) and hold...

A rare ivory netsuke of a boy sumô wrestler. Early 19th centuryLaughing, standing in walking position, slightly bending his small but already mass...

A fine lacquer netsuke of a boy. Second half 19th centuryGazing up, the mouth wide opened, dressed in a voluminous, finely decorated kimono with a...

A fine ivory Netsuke of a shishi with a ball. 19th centuryThe mouth slightly open to reveal the Shishi's fangs, the left front paw placed on a bal...

A powerful ivory netsuke of a shishi. 18th centuryIn the style of a grazing horse, the feet placed close together, the head lowered. Head and mane...

An ivory shishi with a ball. Late 18th centurySeated on its hind legs and placing its forepaws onto a ball, the head turned, fiercely roaring to r...

An ivory netsuke of a shishi. 18th centuryRecumbent, the head slightly raised with a small separately carved ball inside the open mouth. The mane ...

A fine Kyoto-school ivory netsuke of a shishi. Late 18th centuryRecumbent, turning its head with the long bushy mane, the mouth open to reveal poi...

A fine ivory netsuke of a shishi with a ball, by Gyokusai. Late 19th centurySitting on an oval base, the left front paw resting on a ball, the shi...

A large stag antler netsuke of a rat on a rope bundle. 19th centurySitting on a fan-shaped end of a long and elaborately tied bundle of twisted ro...

An ivory netsuke of a rat with a shôgi-piece. Second half 19th centurySitting on her long coiled tail and clasping a shôgi-piece inscribed keima (...

A boxwood netsuke of two rats. 19th centuryTheir two intertwined bodies forming an almost perfect round, their tails' segments rendered in detail,...

An ivory netsuke of a recumbent ox. Early 19th centuryRecumbent, legs folded underneath and head turned to the right, with a long rope running ove...

An ivory netsuke of a recumbent ox. Early 19th centuryThe head turned to the side, a long lead rope placed over its back. Eye pupils of brown horn...

An ivory netsuke of a tiger. Mid-19th centurySitting on its hind lengs, head turned, the long tail laid over its back. The eyes narrowed under the...

An ivory netsuke of a hare. Early 19th centurySitting on its hind legs, head raised, its long ears bent back for compactness. Few engravings evoek...

A fine Ise school wood netsuke of a hare, by Masanao. 19th centurySeated, looking up, its head turned to one side. The whiskers finely engraved, t...

An ivory netsuke of a hare with loquat. Second half 19th centurySitting on a thick loquat branch nibbling on a fruit, clamped between his front pa...

An ivory netsuke of a hare, by Rakuzan. 19th centuryCrouching, the head lowered, its long ears drawn back for compactness. A hanabishi-patterned b...

An ivory netsuke of three hares. 19th centuryClosely huddled together. The eyes inlaid with coral.Length 5.1 cmProvenancePrivate collection, Hanov...

A silver and bronze kagamibuta-netsuke, by Jack Coutu. 1992The bowl of black wood, carved with various leaves in relief, the bowl's interior silve...

A boxwood and ivory netsuke of a dragon. Late 19th centuryRising from a half-opened hanging scroll depicting a cloud, trying to unroll the paintin...

An ivory netsuke of a recumbent horse. Early 19th centuryBoth front legs placed together as if it wanted to get up, its head with the carefully pa...

An ivory netsuke of a grazing horse. Late 19th centuryStanding with the hooves placed closely together, the head with its carefully combed mane de...

A boxwood netsuke of a monkey and young. Mid-19th centuryBent over in motherly fashion and affectionately supporting its young's head. Both monkey...

An ivory netsuke of a group of monkeys and an octopus. Second half 19th centuryAll fighting for a kaki-fruit, which the monkey on top holds up vic...

A boxwood netsuke of a monkey in a chestnut. Early 19th centuryHaving broken the surface and freed his upper body and arms, the monkey sits in a l...

A fine ivory okimono-netsuke of sambiki saru. Late 19th centuryThe three monkeys mizaru, kikazaru and iwazaru (see nothing, hear nothing, say noth...

An ivory netsuke of a seated dog. Early 19th centuryOf kame-type, seated upright, head turned to the side, looking down. The short tail tucked tig...

A Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a puppy with an awabi-shell. Early 19th centuryThe head slightly turned, the front paws resting on an abalone (awa...

A fine ivory netsuke of a dog with a kemari ball. Early 19th centuryThe head turned, the left front paw placed on a kemari ball, eye pupils inlaid...

A boxwood netsuke of a wolf with a hamaguri-clam, by Tomotada. 18th centuryPlacing its right front paw on the closed clam, the emaciated mountain ...

An ivory netsuke of a barking dog. Early 19th centuryAbout to rise, shifting the weight of its chubby body onto its front paws, wearing a bell att...

Three ivory netsuke. 19th centurya) A long-haired dog, the eyes of black horn; b) puppy with an awabi, the eyes of black horn, inscribed Tomochika...

A fine wood netsuke of a rooster, by Itsumin. 19th centurySeated, one wing slightly raised and the head turned to the left, about to clean its plu...