A stag-antler netsuke of Kannon seated on the back of an elephant -- 3.in (7.6cm) high; an ivory netsuke of a mythical goat -- 1½.in (3.8cm) high; an ivory netsuke of a walking foreigner carrying a boy on his back and holding a bugle -- 3¼.in (8.3cm) high; another of a kappa carrying a straw bag and an octapus -- 1½.in (3.8cm) high; a stag-sntler netsuke of a monkey on the back of a sennin -- 2.in (5.1cm) long; and another of a boy on the back of an ox -- 1½.in (3.8cm) high.

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A stag-antler netsuke of Kannon seated on the back of an elephant -- 3.in (7.6cm) high; an ivory netsuke of a mythical goat -- 1½.in (3.8cm) high; an ivory netsuke of a walking foreigner carrying a boy on his back and holding a bugle -- 3¼.in (8.3cm) high; another of a kappa carrying a straw bag and an octapus -- 1½.in (3.8cm) high; a stag-sntler netsuke of a monkey on the back of a sennin -- 2.in (5.1cm) long; and another of a boy on the back of an ox -- 1½.in (3.8cm) high.
See Illustration for Two. (6)

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