Senkyô. Ivory. Mid-19th centuryThree men, clothed only in fundoshi, standing behind each other on an oval base. Finely carved and with some darkly...

An ivory netsuke of Saigyô Hôshi. Around 1800Recognisable by his hat, resting at the foot of an unusually shaped Fuji with three peaks. The lack o...

An ivory netsuke of a mermaid with a pearl. 18th centurySwimming, holding the tama-shaped jewel in her hands in front of her chest. A diadem in th...

A Nagoya school fruitwood netsuke of a mermaid, by Bokuji. Mid-19th centuryCoiled, clasping her body and tail with both hands. Very finely carved ...

A boxwood netsuke of a mermaid with a child. Early 19th centuryA mermaid breastfeeding a child. Very finely carved and engraved, some dark accents...

A boxwood netsuke of Ama on a shell. Late 19th centuryAn awabi shell decorated with the figure of a reclining mermaid in sunken and raised relief ...

A wood and lacquer netsuke of a demon with a child. Late 19th centuryA female demon standing in a long, belted robe, holding her child in the fron...

A wood netsuke of a skeleton with a bell. First half 19th centurySeated behind a large mokugyo on a brocade cushion, the handle and top decorated ...

A wood, lacquer and mother of pearl netsuke of a kappa and a catfish. Mid-19th centuryThe kappa is seated, holding a catfish in its hands. Finely ...

A stag antler netsuke of Tanuki. Second half 19th centuryTanuki’s head emerging from a bell (mokugyo). The paws folded in front of its chest and t...

A boxwood netsuke of a winged dragon. 18th centuryThe so-called O dragon (winged dragon), forming a circle with its unusually shaped wings. The la...

A boxwood netsuke of a dragon in a hanging scroll. First half 19th centuryWith an expressive face, coming to life and emerging from a half-rolled ...

A wood netsuke of a dragon in a fruit. 19th centuryWrithing out, the powerful animal has only managed to get one leg out of the kaki fruit, which ...

An ivory netsuke of a dragon. 18th centuryCarved with a ball in its open jaws. The slightly curved horns reach to its back and flames emanate from...

A softwood netsuke of a standing kirin. Possibly 19th centuryStanding upright, with a human head, a high towering hairstyle, a long beard covering...

An ivory netsuke of a mythological animal on bamboo. Early 20th centuryReminiscent of a tiger, with the curly mane of a shishi head and a long tai...

A boxwood netsuke of a hakutaku. Second half 19th centuryOne of the rarest mythological animals reproduced as a netsuke, reminiscent of a goat wit...

A wood netsuke of a makatsugyo. Early 19th centuryStrongly stylised. Carved from dark wood with finely engraved details.Length 4.3 cmProvenanceEst...

An ivory netsuke of a mythological animal. 19th centuryPossibly a kappa. Standing upright with a shishi-type, curly tail held high, scratching its...

An ivory netsuke of a baku. 18th centuryThe mythological animal, capable of devouring people’s nightmares, seated on an oval base, its head turned...

A boxwood netsuke of tengu no tamago. Second half 18th centuryWith an expressive bird head and one wing, the tengu emerges from an egg. However, w...

A boxwood netsuke of tengu no tamago. Early 19th centuryHatching out of the egg, a muscular left arm and wing powerfully but also subtly carved an...

An ivory netsuke of a tengu hatching out of its egg. 19th centuryFinely carved, engraved and with some dark staining. The eye pupils of brass. Ins...

A boxwood netsuke of a minogame. 18th centuryWith a long seaweed tail, crawling over a large awabi shell. Finely carved and engraved, some dark st...

An ivory netsuke of a minogame. Second half 19th centuryWith a long tail trailing around its whole body, it attentively watches its young approach...

A boxwood netsuke of Yojô. Around 1800Kneeling, cutting a cloak with the sword in his right hand. Fine and moving carving with remains of a dark s...

A boxwood netsuke of Bushô. Early 19th centuryStanding in a long robe, his right hand raised to strike the deadly blow, his left hand holding the ...

A boxwood netsuke of Ômori Hikoshichi. Early 19th centuryThe samurai with hannya on his back. Very fine and detailed carving, some dark lacquering...

An ivory netsuke of Kaoso Rochishin. Second half 19th centuryThe drunken monk from the well-known folk tales ‘The Robbers of Liang shan Moor’, res...

An Osaka school ivory netsuke of a karako on a fan, by Hidemasa. Mid-19th centuryLying face down on a stiff fan (uchiwa), both arms stretched out ...

An ivory netsuke of two boys with a stool. Around 1800Two Chinese boys wearing belted kimono, one resting on a stool, the second standing alongsid...

An ivory netsuke of a Chinese boy. Around 1800Standing on a high, squared round base, fastening a sack, with a fan (chipped) in his right hand. Fi...

A boxwood netsuke of a lady seated on a stool. Mid-19th centuryA young lady with a Japanese hairstyle, dressed in Chinese-style robes and seated o...

A marine ivory netsuke of a yamabushi with a sake bowl. Late 19th centuryLying on his back from of the weight of an oversized bowl, two people pou...

An ivory netsuke of Ono no komachi. Second half 19th centuryThe old poetess with a tattered umbrella on her back, seated on the grave post with a ...

A bone netsuke of a skull. 19th centuryFinely carved, the skull and bones (possibly of the dead poetess Ono no Komachi) lying on a grave post insc...

A boxwood netsuke of Oguri Hangwan, by Shunchosai. Mid-19th centuryOguri Hangwan astride his horse Onikage, steering it on a go board. Detailed an...

A boxwood netsuke of Oguri Hangwan. Mid-19th centuryWith flapping sleeves, riding his horse Onikage which stands with its front hooves on a go boa...

An ivory netsuke of Ono no tofu. Late 19th centuryIn a belted kimono, wide harem trousers and wearing geta, an umbrella in his right hand. A tiny ...

A two-part kaki wood netsuke of Urashima Tarô. Early 19th centurySeated on a turtle, leaning against a tied, lidded box. Dressed in an elegant kim...

A boxwood netsuke of Shitakiri suzume. Early 19th centuryAn old lady in a kimono lying face down on the back of a sparrow; scissors in her right h...

A boxwood netsuke of a standing Dutchman. 18th centuryWith hair down to his collar, finely engraved and with remains of dark staining. He stands i...

An ivory netsuke of Nitta no shiro. Second half 19th centurySeated astride a boar in a belted kimono with a curved tachi in his belt and a quiver...

A boxwood netsuke of two samurai. Late 19th centurySeated astride horses, each firing the animals on. Very finely carved and engraved. Inscribed M...

An ivory okimono netsuke of a farmer and a horse. Mid-19th centuryOn a three-sided base, a farmer with brushwood bales on his head and leading a p...

An ivory netsuke of a farmer, by Tomochika. Mid-19th centurySeated on a tied bundle of wood, resting to smoke a pipe held in her right hand with t...

An ivory netsuke of an elderly servant. Mid-19th centuryStanding with a teapot in her left hand and balancing a wooden tray on her head carrying a...

An ivory okimono netsuke of a servant on a horse. Second half 19th centuryA young horse servant seated on the arched back of a horse over a flat, ...

A boxwood netsuke of a Komusô monk. Around 1800His head completely hidden under a pot-shaped straw hat (tengai), clothed in a long, belted robe an...

An ivory netsuke of a man with a calabash. Mid-19th centuryStanding with a giant gourd balanced on his outstretched hands. Finely carved and polis...

An ivory netsuke of a man with a child. Mid-19th centuryA bearded old man seated with a trumpet under his left arm whilst a boy climbs over his ri...

An ivory netsuke of a farmer seated on a bundle, by Ikkosai. Second half 19th centuryA good-tempered farmer seated on a bundle of sticks and openi...

A cypress wood netsuke of a nô actor. 18th centuryStanding in long, voluminous robes wearing a high hat and a mask. Softwood with remains of a col...

A wood netsuke of go players in a peach. Mid-19th centuryTwo men playing go seated within a peach hanging on a leafy branch. Dark brown wood, fine...

An ivory netsuke of go players in a peach. First half 19th centuryA large peach on a thick leafy branch with two go players concentrating over the...

An umimatsu netsuke of a thick branch. 18th centuryA thick branch from which a thick and a thin branch have been cut. In a shallow hollow, a fishe...

A Shûzan-style wood and lacquer netsuke of a standing fisherman. 18th centuryWith curly hair and beard, standing in a pleated skirt and holding a ...

A wood netsuke of a young fishing girl. Second half 19th centuryStanding naked, holding a sickle with both hands. Light wood, very finely carved, ...

An ivory okimono of blind men on a shell. Late 19th centuryMen clambering over a large, flat-based shell with three, all in kimono, peering out of...

An ivory netsuke of a geisha seated on a tengu mask. 19th centuryDressed in a wide kimono with the characteristic obi tied in a large bow, a geish...