Netsuke, toggle of wood(detail of base and signature:)

This netsuke is made of wood carved into a curled up of rat. A netsuke is used to fasten an inro, a small lacquered container, which hung from the sash of a man's kimono. They became miniature art forms in their own right.

This detail of a wooden netsuke representing a curled up rat shows the signature on the base. The signature reads Masanao, an artist who made wooden animal netsuke in the 19th century and had several pupils.

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