A bamboo root netsuke of a tanuki, by Kazan. Late 19th century
Sitting on top of a piece of bamboo, looking straight ahead and wearing a robe and hakama. Signed shô (first generation) Kazan saku and sealed Kazan.
Height 5.4 cm
Provenienz
Raymond Bushell (1910-1998), Tokyo, by repute
Kolodotschko Collection