A boxwood netsuke of Urashima TaroBy Gotei, early 19th centuryThe hero seated on the back of a large turtle, looking to the right with mouth agape, the turtle's head and limbs fully retracted, forming a compact composition in rather worn and well-patinated wood, signed in an oval reserve Gotei. 5.1cm (2in).注脚黄楊彫根付　亀に乗る浦島太郎　銘 「呉廷」　19世紀前期Published: Lazarnick, NIA, p.1341.Rokusho 20, p.72, no.105.Earle, Huthart, p.382, no.356.Burditt, ICLS, p.42, fig.17.The name Gotei appears to be hitherto unrecorded, although his place among the Iwami carvers is confirmed by an almost identical example by Mitani Goho, dated 1804, that is illustrated by G. Lazarnick, NIA, p.410.