By Unkyo Yasunaga, signed Unkyo Yasuaga 雲橋安長 saku 作 Japan, early to mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Published: Lazarnick, George (1981) Netsuke & Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2, p. 1205. Intricately carved with yamabushi monks carrying large, heavy traveling boxes (oi) as they walk along a dangerous mountain path– one monk must lower a tree for the others to safely traverse it – toward a shrouded female figure reclining on the ground next to a large waterfall. The mountain is in fact Oeyama, where the oni king Shuten doji has its lair. Two oni are visible on top of the mountain, closely watching the yamabushi monks (see also lot 175). Himotoshi underneath and signed with boldly incised characters UNKYO YASUNAGA saku [made by Unkyo Yasunaga]. HEIGHT 3.7 cm Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear. Provenance: The Gabor Wilhelm Collection, Paris.
By Unkyo Yasunaga, signed Unkyo Yasuaga 雲橋安長 saku 作 Japan, early to mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Published: Lazarnick, George (1981) Netsuke & Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2, p. 1205. Intricately carved with yamabushi monks carrying large, heavy traveling boxes (oi) as they walk along a dangerous mountain path– one monk must lower a tree for the others to safely traverse it – toward a shrouded female figure reclining on the ground next to a large waterfall. The mountain is in fact Oeyama, where the oni king Shuten doji has its lair. Two oni are visible on top of the mountain, closely watching the yamabushi monks (see also lot 175). Himotoshi underneath and signed with boldly incised characters UNKYO YASUNAGA saku [made by Unkyo Yasunaga]. HEIGHT 3.7 cm Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear. Provenance: The Gabor Wilhelm Collection, Paris.
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