NINE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF LEGENDARY FIGURES EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER Variously depicting figures from Buddhist myths and other legends, including: Shoki the Demon Queller and an oni; two netsuke of nio restringing sandals; Kanzan and Jittoku examining a scroll; Binzuru Rakan resting with his pet tiger; Heikuro Masatora slaying the boar; one of a warrior holding a shoe and the remaining two carved as sennin, some with signatures including Ryugyoku, Yoshinaga, Itsumin and Suketada, 4.5cm max. (9) Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.