Lot 690 D‡α

An Edo/Tokyo school walrus tusk netsuke of seven masks, by Shômin. Second half 19th century

The Kitsune mask at the centre is surrounded by Okame, Uba, a bearded man and a man sticking out his tongue, on the reverse Usobuki and Beshimi. Signed Shômin.
Length 4.1 cm