Details
TOAD
Dense black wood, signed Yoshimoto

18th Century

2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) long, slightly worn and rubbed
Literature
Bushell and Mikoshiba, 'Netsuke and the Soken Kisho', Arts of Asia, November-December, 1980, p. 116

Lot Essay

Inaba Tsuryu, the author of the Soken Kisho states that only a few netsuke signed Yoshimoto have been found and that the artist's residence in unknown. To date this is the sole extant example of work by Yoshimoto in available catalogues.