A WOOD NETSUKE

UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY)

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A WOOD NETSUKE
Unsigned, Edo Period (Late 18th/19th Century)
Of Ushiwakamaru riding on the back of his crouching mentor Musashibo Benkei, using a length of cloth as a rein, katabori, wood with dark staining, patinated and worn
1in. (4.5cm.) high

拍品專文

Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159-89), the greatest of all Japanese heroes, was known in his youth as Shanao or Ushiwakamaru. Following Yoshitsune's success in defeating the gigantic monk Musashibo Benkei in swordsmanship, Benkei became his loyal servant and is here humorously depicted submitting to an indignity inflicted by his young master