拍品专文
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Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar, No. 526
Hakuo excelled at carving manju netsuke. This unusual subject may represent the spirit of a biwa-hoshi or Buddhist priest reciting biwa-uta, compositions usually of a martial nature with a strong hint of Buddhist fatalism. This, and the fact that the biwa-hoshi were sometimes employed as spies, caused the authorities to frown on them
Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar, No. 526
Hakuo excelled at carving manju netsuke. This unusual subject may represent the spirit of a biwa-hoshi or Buddhist priest reciting biwa-uta, compositions usually of a martial nature with a strong hint of Buddhist fatalism. This, and the fact that the biwa-hoshi were sometimes employed as spies, caused the authorities to frown on them