Two Narrative Figure Netsuke

The first is a rare subject. Rochishin, the "Flower Priest", formed a robber band and sacked the monastery from which he had been expelled for some misdemeanour.

Kanshin was the son of a prince of Han. One day, in the market place, a ruffian challenged him and ordered him to crawl between his legs. Consenting to the humiliation rather than demean himself by fighting a man of low birth, he did so. Kanshin later became a famous general and a Prince of Tsi, but was finally beheaded by the Empress Lu. He is one of the three heroes of the Han dynasty.