A fine wood netsuke depicting a drunken Shojo in front of a gigantic sakazuki (sake cup), which she has emptied. One of her distinctive attributes is her full long hair, which was crimson and was said to contain a much sought-after dye. The drunkenly laughing face as well as the thick and long hair are skillfully incised. Well-rounded shape, himotoshi between the well-carved feet and the signature TOMIN slightly hidden on her leg. Tomin was a brilliant student of Minko from the Tsu school, and in terms of refinement, stain and finish of the carving, certainly surpassed him.

Category:

Netsuke

Subcategory:

-

Subject:

Mythological

Material:

Wood

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

Tomin

Provenance/Owner:

Julius and Arlette Katchen collection, Galerie Zacke

Signed:

signed

Type:

Katabori

Height:

33mm mm

Width:

mm

Depth:

mm

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