A wood netsuke of Oni Nenbutsu


By Ouchi Sosui (1911-1972), Showa era (1926-1989), 20th centuryStanding in the traditional attitude, wearing a belted priestly robe, holding the nenchicho (record of of the names of the dead at temples) and beating a gong slung from his neck, signed Sosui; with a wooden storage box, outside the lid inscribed Oni no Nenbutsu, kibori netsuke (Oni Nenbutsu, wood netsuke), inside the lid inscribed Tsuge ichi bokubori, Ouchi yondai Sosui (carved by Ouchi Sosui IV from one piece of boxwood), with seal Sosui. 5.1cm (2in). (2).