A boxwood netsuke of a frog on a taro leafBy Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th centuryThe striped frog of lightly-stained wood squatting on a folded leaf, the textures of the skin of the frog contrasting with the veining of the large leaf which are rendered in ukibori, the eyes inlaid, signed with ukibori characters Ishikawa Seiyodo Tomiharu horu (carved by the Ishikawa River by Seiyodo Tomiharu). 6.4cm (2½in).注脚黄楊彫根付　芋の葉に乗る蛙　銘 「石河青陽堂富春彫」　18世紀後期/19世紀前期Provenance:Charles A. Greenfield Collection.Published: Stern, MTCG, p.99.Hurtig, MNA, p.70, cat.no.217.Stern, BBBB, p.174.Rokusho 20, p.10, no.10.Burditt, ICWT, p.35, fig.11.Earle, Huthart, p.59, no.40.For similar studies, see G. Lazarnick, NIA, pp.1124-5.