Signed Japanese Boxwood Netsuke Inro of a Bunny Rabbit

A really nice vintage Japanese boxwood inro and netsuke of rats and snakes on a round basket, circa early 1940s. The piece is well carved with wonderful detail and in very good vint...

Boxwood netsuke of a seated professional sneezer depicted as an old man with his right hand raised, holding an stick to tickle himself. His head is slightly raised, his eyes practica...

Netsuke of a wooden toad with its throat swollen. Made entirely in boxwood, the skin is treated with detail, the naturalistic pause suggests that the toad is croaking, the smooth tex...

A nice vintage Japanese two section hand carved bone rat inro with netsuke, circa early 1950s. The piece is well carved with wonderful detail and in very good vintage condition; it ...

A nice vintage Japanese resin three-section inro and netsuke of horses, circa early 1950s. The piece is well carved with wonderful detail and in very go...

"Japanese Boxwood Netsuke – Monk In Ecstasy, Edo Period" Japanese Boxwood Netsuke – Chanting Monk Figure, Late Edo to Early Meiji Period (ca. 1800–1880) Unsigned (mumei), finely carv...

A fine lacquer decorated carved boxwood netsuke of a Noh dancer in a Hannya role, unsigned, Meiji period, late 19th century, Japan. The boxwood netsuke finely carved as a kneeling Noh dancer dressed in striking geometric patterned robes. The actor holds an opened war fan behind their back in one hand, a Shinto wand slung over the shoulder in the other. The war fan, tessen, decorated in red lacquer with a golden rising sun at the center. Tessen were sturdy fans used by samurai as protective devices, and sometimes as weapons. The wand, called an onusa, is a traditional Shinto ritual implement comprised of folded paper streamers, shide, attached to a wooden wand, often used in purification rituals. Here, the shide are crafted from silver maki-e, with the handle of the natural boxwood. The actor wears a fierce and unearthly hannya mask...

A boxwood netsuke with a blonde patina, depicting a long-bearded sennin walking with a staff and a sake bottle. The garments are finely carved with precise details, while the himoto...

A boxwood netsuke depicting a mandarin fruit with a ryu dragon finely carved upside down, featuring a blonde horn-inlaid eye. Natural himotoshi formed from the mandarin's stem, en...

A boxwood netsuke depicting a seated monkey in the act of putting on an inverted Okame mask, which it holds up before its face, signed Shinzan. Incised signature to the reverse. Pe...