Length: 5.000 cm
Bequeathed by Miss Helen Epstein
Asia JA 1953.12-17.11
Wooden netsuke by Hōjitsu
From Japan
Edo period,
19th century AD
Beetles on a sandal
Netsuke
subjects are often taken from the natural world. This piece was
carved by Hōjitsu (died 1872), a vassal of the Tokugawa shogunate
who also enjoyed the patronage of the
Hōjitsu was a very skilled artist in ivory and boxwood and was recognized as the best carver in Tokyo (Edo) in his day. He is best-known for his graceful and elegant figures influenced by the artist Hanabusa Itchō (1652-1724).
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