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A boxwood netsuke of a skeleton beating a mokugyo. Mid-19th century

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A boxwood netsuke of a skeleton beating a mokugyo. Mid-19th century

The human skeleton with a striker held in the right hand sits in front of a wooden gong placed on a cushion. Signed Tomokazu.
Height 3.8 cm

The subject is a parody of the Buddhist priests chanting sutras to the beating of the gong.

Provenienz

Through Grete Damm, Munich, February 1984
Coll. no. 504

Literaturhinweise

Illustrated in: Skelettnetsuke/Skeleton Netsuke in: Netsuke, vol. 1, no. 12 (1961), p. 2, fig. 1