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A wood netsuke of Tadanobu transformed into a fox By Ittan, Nagoya, 19th century image 1
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A wood netsuke of Tadanobu transformed into a fox
By Ittan, Nagoya, 19th century

7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A wood netsuke of Tadanobu transformed into a fox

By Ittan, Nagoya, 19th century
Seated in a human attitude, leaning forward and clasping a tsuzumi (hand drum), one bent leg forming the himotoshi, the wood is slightly worn and bears a good colour, signed Ittan sanjin to. 3.8cm (1½in).

Footnotes

The depiction is of Tadanobu transformed into a fox nursing the drum made from its parents' skins, a scene from the kabuki play Yoshitsune senbon zakura. For similar examples, see Eskenazi Ltd., Japanese Netsuke from the Carré collection, London, 1993, no.98; and Neil K. Davey, Netsuke, a Comprehensive Study Based on the M. T. Hindson Collection, London, 1974, p.194, no.586.

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