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A Boar's Tusk Netsuke**
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A Boar's Tusk Netsuke**

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), WITH INSCRIPTION IWAMI KUNI KAAIGAWA SEIYODO BUNSHOJO CHOKOKU KOKO NI TOKI BUNSEI TSUCHINOTO USHI [CARVED BY SEIYODO BUNSHO OF IWAMI PROVINCE (BY THE) KAAI RIVER. THE TIME NOW IS THE TWELFTH YEAR OF THE BUNSEI ERA (1829)], FINAL LINE OF INSCRIPTION NOW ILLEGIBLE

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A Boar's Tusk Netsuke**
Edo period (19th century), with inscription Iwami kuni Kaaigawa Seiyodo Bunshojo chokoku koko ni toki Bunsei tsuchinoto ushi [Carved by Seiyodo Bunsho of Iwami province (by the) Kaai River. The time now is the twelfth year of the Bunsei era (1829)], final line of inscription now illegible
Carved with a spider in high relief and ferns incised and stained black, the himotoshi a single hole on the underside
4¼in. (10.2cm.) long

Note du spécialiste

Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838) was the eldest daughter of the carver Tomiharu (1733-1811). Like her father, Seiyodo is reputed to have excelled not only at carving but also at writing Haiku poetry.