19TH CENTURY
Details
Nineteen lacquer and wood mask netsuke
19th Century
The first red lacquer, signed Hokei; Hannya, signed Deme to; Hyottoko, signed Deme; So school mask netsuke of Buddha; Hyottoko, signed Ryukei; a noh mask, signed Fujiwara Uman Tenkai Ichi; another, with signature Gangi Yuko Tadatoshi; and twelve others of various subjects, some signed
Between 1 3/8in. (3.4cm.) and 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) long (19)
19th Century
The first red lacquer, signed Hokei; Hannya, signed Deme to; Hyottoko, signed Deme; So school mask netsuke of Buddha; Hyottoko, signed Ryukei; a noh mask, signed Fujiwara Uman Tenkai Ichi; another, with signature Gangi Yuko Tadatoshi; and twelve others of various subjects, some signed
Between 1 3/8in. (3.4cm.) and 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) long (19)
Literature
For the first, see Lazarnick, G. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and how to read their signatures, (Reed Publishers, Honolulu, 1982), p. 480. For other similar masks, please see Bushell, R. Netsuke Masks, (Kodansha International 1985).