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ATTRIBUTED TO YOSHIMURA SHŪZAN (ACTIVE LATE 18TH CENTURY) A Painted-Wood Netsuke of Gama Sennin Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century image 1
ATTRIBUTED TO YOSHIMURA SHŪZAN (ACTIVE LATE 18TH CENTURY) A Painted-Wood Netsuke of Gama Sennin Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century image 2
ATTRIBUTED TO YOSHIMURA SHŪZAN (ACTIVE LATE 18TH CENTURY) A Painted-Wood Netsuke of Gama Sennin Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century image 3
ATTRIBUTED TO YOSHIMURA SHŪZAN (ACTIVE LATE 18TH CENTURY) A Painted-Wood Netsuke of Gama Sennin Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century image 4
ATTRIBUTED TO YOSHIMURA SHŪZAN (ACTIVE LATE 18TH CENTURY) A Painted-Wood Netsuke of Gama Sennin Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century image 5
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ATTRIBUTED TO YOSHIMURA SHŪZAN (ACTIVE LATE 18TH CENTURY)
A Painted-Wood Netsuke of Gama Sennin
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century

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1 – 9 July 2025, 12:00 EDT
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ATTRIBUTED TO YOSHIMURA SHŪZAN (ACTIVE LATE 18TH CENTURY)

A Painted-Wood Netsuke of Gama Sennin
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century
Carved as the immortal Gama leaning on a staff looking to the right, his toad companion clinging to his right shoulder, traces of pigment still remaining
3 15/16in (10cm) high

Footnotes

Provenance
Marcel Lorber Collection
Emile Veranneman Collection

Published
The London Netsuke Committee, Contrasting Styles, 1980, p.59, no.125
Eskenazi Ltd., Japanese Netsuke, Ojime, and Inrō from a private European collection, exhibition catalogue, London, June 1998, no.36

Saleroom notices

There is an illegible seal on the underside of the left foot.

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