A large Osaka ivory manjū netsuke. Mid-19th century

A large Osaka ivory manjū netsuke. Mid-19th century Signed Kōgetsusai (= Kōgetsusai Naomasa) in unusually large characters Carved with a jumping nine-tailed fox (kyūbi kitsune) in very fine sunken relief, with tongue and teeth coloured red; on the reverse, a Shinto gohei, in allusion to the court diviner Abe no Seimei. Diameter 4.7 cm

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