An interesting boxwood netsuke of a samurai catching a thief, by Masayoshi. Second half 19th centuryA samurai with two swords holds down a thief with his bare foot and grabs him by the arm while drawing his sword, whilst the thief, in a kosode and jacket, holds on to a lantern and a stolen money pouch dangling from his arm. On a flat irregular base. Signed Masayoshi. Height 5.1 cm; length 4.9 cmProvenienzPurchased from Helmut Laudenbach, Berg, January 1989Coll. no. 567 (handwritten)An interesting boxwood netsuke of a samurai catching a thief, by Masayoshi. Second half 19th centuryA samurai with two swords holds down a thief with his bare foot and grabs him by the arm while drawing his sword, whilst the thief, in a kosode and jacket, holds on to a lantern and a stolen money pouch dangling from his arm. On a flat irregular base. Signed Masayoshi. Height 5.1 cm; length 4.9 cm