A SUPERB TALL SAISHIKI NETSUKE OF A FISHERMAN Style of Yoshimura Shuzan, unsigned Japan, Osaka, late 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Published: Östasiatiska Museet (1999) Netsuke, p. 63. Exhibited: Östasiatiska Museet, Sweden, Stockholm, 16 October 1999 – 9 January 2000. A very expressive and tall saishiki (painted) hinoki wood netsuke depicting a standing fisherman holding a piece of coral in both hands. The islander wears only a skirt and has long hair which terminates in curls in the back. The expression is powerfully sculpted. Large, asymmetrical and worn himotoshi through the man’s behind. The hinoki (cypress) wood is colored in polychrome pigments and gesso, characteristically worn. HEIGHT 12.9 cm Condition: Good, appropriately worn condition, including expected losses to pigment. Provenance: Ex-collection Mrs. Gunvor Bjorkman.