A seated Bijin, grasping for one of her hair needles with one hand. Her hair pinned up, one leg is raised, the very skillfully incised lacquered garment with rich folds shows black-lacquered decorations with bamboo and incised little sparrows. The finely executed face with sensual features is a joy to behold. The himotoshi on the underside are ingenuously placed past the exposed genitalia, with the signature KOHOSAI directly adjacent.

Category:

Netsuke

Subcategory:

-

Subject:

Daily Life Shunga

Material:

Ivory

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

Kohosai

Provenance/Owner:

Galerie Zacke

Signed:

signed

Type:

Katabori

Height:

48mm mm

Width:

mm mm

Depth:

mm mm

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