Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Comprising three of wood, one ceramic and two ivory netsuke: the first an okimono-style netsuke of a man seated on the ground with his knees bent attempting to rise beneath the weight of a large sackful of oni on his back, one demon trying to break out, signed on an inlaid ivory tablet Ryukei, 6cm x 6cm (2 3/8in x 2 3/8in); the second a professional sneezer, holding an ivory tickling stick, signature tablet lacking, 7.2cm x 6.5cm (2¾in x 2½in); the third a seated Hotei, unsigned, 4cm (1½in); the fourth a monkey wrestling with a toad, unsigned, 6cm (2 3/8in); the fifth a ceramic netsuke of a monkey on a tree stump, unsigned, 4.3cm (1 5/8in); the sixth a karako (Chinese boy) leaning against Hotei's sack, signed Masamasa/Seisho, 2.7cm (1in) high. (6).