Lot details By Harumitsu (Shunko), signed Harumitsu 春光 Japan, Yamada, Ise Province, c. 1860 Finley carved as a voracious wolf or yama-inu pressing its paws down on a monkey, while the ape bites into the wolf’s tail in an attempt to free itself. The details are remarkably refined, the hairwork very neatly incised. The pupils of both animals are inlaid. Signed underneath the monkey’s right hind paw HARUMITSU. There are possibilities for the cord attachment, however, this carving is more likely an okimono. HEIGHT 4.7 cm, LENGTH 5.1 cm Condition: Excellent condition, minor wear. Provenance: US private collection, with old labels to the underside. Relatively little is known about the artist Harumitsu (Shunko), though it is suspected he was a pupil from the Masanao line of Yamada, although some of his carvings also share characteristics of the Tanba and Tsu schools.
Lot details By Harumitsu (Shunko), signed Harumitsu 春光 Japan, Yamada, Ise Province, c. 1860 Finley carved as a voracious wolf or yama-inu pressing its paws down on a monkey, while the ape bites into the wolf’s tail in an attempt to free itself. The details are remarkably refined, the hairwork very neatly incised. The pupils of both animals are inlaid. Signed underneath the monkey’s right hind paw HARUMITSU. There are possibilities for the cord attachment, however, this carving is more likely an okimono. HEIGHT 4.7 cm, LENGTH 5.1 cm Condition: Excellent condition, minor wear. Provenance: US private collection, with old labels to the underside. Relatively little is known about the artist Harumitsu (Shunko), though it is suspected he was a pupil from the Masanao line of Yamada, although some of his carvings also share characteristics of the Tanba and Tsu schools.
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