Five wood figure netsuke, a pipe case and pipe


Edo Period, 19th centuryThe first a man looking to the right with pursed lips, imitating Tekkai Sennin, a double gourd slung on his back, unsigned; the second an old man standing, holding a staff, unsigned; the third a woodsman bent beneath the weight of two bundles of brushwood on his back, signed illegibly; the fourth an oni (demon), seated, washing clothes in shallow tub, unsigned; the fifth of two Yamabushi priests, one standing, a large oi (travelling pack) on his back, while the other sits on the ground at his back, signed Ikko; the senryu-zutsu pipecase in the form of Daruma stretching and standing on a drum, unsigned; containing a bamboo and gilt metal pipe. The largest: 20.3cm (8in) long (7).