FIVE WOOD FIGURE NETSUKEEdo period (1615-1868) to Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th to early 20th centuryThe first a man seated on a large square fan, shown on the underside, holding a large ceramictokkuri (bottle) in one hand and drinking sake from asakazuki (sake cup) held in the other, a squid protruding from the bamboo leaf wrapper lying at his feet, signed on the undersideGyokuso with a seal,3.7cm (1 7/16in) long; the second a seatedoni (demon) with a parasol strapped to his back, the eyes and horns inlaid,unsigned,3.9cm (1 9/16in); the third a man sleeping, resting his face on his crossed hands on an oversized leaf,unsigned,4.2cm (1 5/8in) long; the fourth Daruma, seated with his arms characteristically hidden within his robes, signedShumin,3.8cm (1 7/16in); the fifth probably Benkei blowing a conch, signed in a shell-inlaid rectangular reserveRakumin with akao,3.6cm (1 3/8in). (5).