A POWERFUL NAGOYA SCHOOL WOOD NETSUKE OF A RAIJIN DISCHARGING A STORMBy Koichi, signed Koichi 光一Japan, Nagoya, early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Published: Aalderink Oriental Art (1985) The Buzaglo Collection of Fine Netsuke, Exhibition catalog, no. 250.A remarkably powerful and well-sized netsuke, depicting the one-horned thunder god sitting on a large, wispy cloud, his thunder drum with drumsticks strapped to his back, looking downwards at a pouch from which he pulls the wind out. His expression, with inlaid pupils of dark horn, is quite amusing as he is lamenting over yet another day at work. The wood of a beautiful dark-brown tone and bearing a fine patina. Natural himotoshi and signed to the side of the horn-studded drum KOICHI.HEIGHT 3.3 cm, LENGTH 4 cmCondition: Good condition with some old chips, few nicks here and there, and age cracks. Beautiful, deep patina.Provenance: Collection Sylvain Buzaglo (1908-1967), Amsterdam.Museum comparison:Compare a related wood netsuke of Raiden by Tomokazu, in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, accession number EA1956.1721.Auction comparison:Compare to a wood netsuke depicting the same subject, by Nanmusai, at Zacke, Fine Japanese Art, 2 December 2022, Vienna, lot 211 (sold for 4,160 EUR).