A boxwood netsuke of a snail on leaves and nutsBy Fujii Katsuyoshi, possibly Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th centuryThe large snail sliding over a pile of various leaves, their veins carved in delicate low relief, a cluster of nuts attached to a branch beneath, forming the himotoshi, the wood slightly worn and bearing a fine patina, signed Fujii Katsuyoshi saku (made by Fujii Katsuyoshi). 5.1cm (2in).注脚黄楊彫根付　木の実と葉に蝸牛　銘 「藤井勝義作」　18世紀後期/19世紀前期Published:Earle, Huthart, p.351, no.327.Burditt, ICLS, p.41, fig.13.