Four wood figure netsuke


Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe first a man looking to the right with pursed lips, imitating Tekkai Sennin, a double gourd slung on his back, unsigned, 5.7cm (2¼in) high; the second an old man standing, holding a staff, unsigned, 6cm (2 3/8in) high; the third a woodsman bent beneath the weight of two bundles of brushwood on his back, signed illegibly, 5.1cm (2in) high; the fourth an oni (demon), seated, washing clothes in shallow tub, unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in) high. (4).