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A FINE OJIME OF A SHISHIMAI DANCER
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A FINE OJIME OF A SHISHIMAI DANCER

SIGNED MITSUYOSHI, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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A FINE OJIME OF A SHISHIMAI DANCER
Signed Mitsuyoshi, Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
Strongly carved and chased, the face of the small boy wearing the shishi mask can be seen within the mask, the shishi markings inlaid in shakudo, signed Mitsuyoshi
1.8cm. high
Literature
International Netsuke Society Journal, October 2002.
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Lot Essay

Haynes records the Tokyo artist Toyokawa Mitsuyoshi who died ca. 1875. The son of the second Mitsunaga who worked for the Imamura family and was a retainer of the Matsudaira bakufu, see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese swordfittings and associated artists (Ellwangen, 2001), vol. 2, p. 1118.

The shishimai was a lion-dance performed as a celebration of the New Year.

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