A wood netsuke of Gama sennin on a frog


By Shuya, Edo period (1615-1868), early-mid 19th centuryThe small figure reclining on the huge frog, the frog's head raised and facing ahead, the wood slightly worn and bearing a good patina; signed Shuya. 4.5cm (1¾in).
|ProvenanceRaymond and Frances Bushell collection.A French private collection.Purchased at Rosemary Bandini, 2012.PublishedGeorge Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures, Reed Publishers, Honolulu, 1982, p.1013.A very similar example by Shuzan is illustrated in Lazarnick, ibid., p.1017.