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LOT 2082

BOXWOOD
NETSUKE OF
RASHOMON
By Ouchi Sosui (Tokyo, 1907-1972)

Sold for US$ 67,100 inc. premium

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The Bluette H. KirchhoP Collection of Netsuke

and Sagemono

16 Sep 2009, 10:00 EDT

New York

BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF RASHOMON

By Ouchi Sosui (Tokyo, 1907-1972)
The ferocious demon guarding the Rashomon
gate in Kyoto leaping onto the back of the
mounted hero, Watanabe no Tsuna, whose horse
rears and wheels beneath him, signed Sosui

With tomobako inscribed Rashomon, kibori

netuske, signed Sosui saku with seal Sosui
2 3/8in (6cm) (2).
Footnotes

The subjugation by Watanabe no Tsuna (953-

1025) of the demon of Rashomon gate is
represented in many forms of Japanese art. Sosui
has here brilliantly captured the moment of
struggle leading up to Watanabe no Tsuna slicing
oP the arm of the demon Ibaraki.

Provenance: Raymond and Frances Bushell

Collection sold Christie's, London, Raymond and
Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke, Part II, 18
October 1988, lot 203.

Literature: International Netsuke Society Journal

5.2 (1985): 42.

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