Lot 375 D‡α

A boxwood netsuke of Kiyohime and the Doôjôji bell. 19th century

Kiyohime has turned into a demon and winds her snake body around the bell of Dôjôji under which the monk Anchin is hiding. If one turns the knob of the bell, the face of Anchin and his skull become visible in the round opening of the bell's body. The hannya face, the horns and Anchin's heads of bone. Inscribed Minko.
Height 3 cm