A rare boar-tusk netsuke with Yoshitsune and BenkeiBy Tomimura, probably Iwami Province, 19th centuryThe tusk of pronounced curvature, delicately carved in kebori with Benkei and Yoshitsune (Shanao) engaged in their epic duel on the Gojo Bridge, when the giant monk was defeated by the lithe young hero, signed in reisho style Tomimura shi (Mr Tomimura). 11.5cm (4½in).注脚猪牙彫根付　遮那王と弁慶　銘 「富邑氏」　19世紀Published: Earle, Huthart, p.384, no.358.