A GROUP OF TWENTY NETSUKE,** comprising an underglaze-blue and white porcelain double gourd with stopper, signed; a lacquer figure of a dancer with ivory mask; an ivory figure of a beauty standing pensively with a spray of fruit and leaning on a table; an ivory carving of a tengu hatching from an egg; a wood model of a man and a boy, signed; a mask of Okame, signed; a kagamibuta formed as a gong, signed; a seated man confronting a giant Nio mask, signed; a sneezer; a clam partially opened to reveal a landscape, signed; a leaf group; a karashishi balancing on a brocade ball, inlaid eyes, the bottom carved as a seal; Shoki subduing a karashishi, signed; a foreigner holding a fish; a "crier", signed; a man using a giant sake cup as a boat, signed; a woman washing her hair in a low tub, signed; a monkey hiding behind a mask of Okame and a small staff, signed; a man with two fighting oni at his feet, signed; and a person hiding beneath a turtle carapace, signed (20)