Steve Sly Japanese Works of Art has dated this piece to the 1750s.
The Namazu is also known as the earthquake fish because they congregate on the sea bed prior to an earthquake, it is believed that a character called Midori Myochin tried catching these fish in his gourd with the purpose of preventing earthquakes, obviously such a futile and crazy idea that this netsuke artist has captured the monkey and his gourd upon the Namazu with the sole aim of mocking Midori Myochin , What humour !!
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Approximate sizes
Height 3.5 cm
Width 4.0 cm
Depth 4.5 cm
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Steve Sly Japanese Works of Art has dated this piece to the 1750s.
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Wonderful Early 18th Century Japanese Ivory Netsuke Monkey on a Namazu
