WOODEN NETSUKE DEPICTING A MIKOSHI-NYUDO TERRIFYING... Lot 45

WOODEN NETSUKE DEPICTING A MIKOSHI-NYUDO TERRIFYING A TRAVELER By Unjudoin Shidemaru, late 18th century A WOOD NETSUKE OF A MIKOSHI NYUDO ('LOOKOVER-MONK') SCARING A TRAVELLER By Unjudoin Shidemaru, late 18th century The tall, emaciated Mikoshi-Nyudo sneaking up on an unsuspecting traveller, and spooking him from behind, lolling its long tongue, the terrified man cowering on the ground, a large tabako-ire (tobacco pouch) with a mushroom netsuke hanging from his waist; signed Shidemaru. 8.3cm (3¼in) high. Footnotes: 木彫根付 見越入道 銘「幣丸」 18世紀後期 Provenance: W. L. Behrens Collection. Albert Brockhaus Collection. Purchased at Klefisch, Cologne, 12 September 1992, lot 300 (catalogued as by Hidemaru). Published: Joly, WLB, pl.VIII, no.388 (erroneously numbered 375 in the 1966 reprint illustration, and the signature misread as Hidemaru). Joly, LIJA, p.77. Lazarnick, NIA, p.454. Meinertzhagen, MCI, p.132. NKSJ, vol.12, no.4, p.35, no.300. Exhibited and Published: NS19, p.65, no.108. For a brief discussion on the attribution and signature reading, see lot 49. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com