An ivory okimono of two oni in a boat with a mythical winged beast figure head, one punting with a bamboo pole -- 3½in. (8.9cm) long; another modelled as three recumbent figures and a three legged toad in a boat fashioned from a pine tree trunk -- 4¼in. (10.8cm) long; and another modelled as Daikoku, Hotei and Kannon in a boat with an oni at the rudder -- 2½in. (6.3cm) long, signed.

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An ivory okimono of two oni in a boat with a mythical winged beast figure head, one punting with a bamboo pole -- 3½in. (8.9cm) long; another modelled as three recumbent figures and a three legged toad in a boat fashioned from a pine tree trunk -- 4¼in. (10.8cm) long; and another modelled as Daikoku, Hotei and Kannon in a boat with an oni at the rudder -- 2½in. (6.3cm) long, signed.
See Colour Plate 1. (3)

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