Animals & others

Animals & Others / Netsuke for Sale

Horse

Materials: Mammoth Tusk, Buffalo Horn

Dimensions: 68mmH x 39mmW x 20mmThickness

*as you can see from the third photo, this horse is carved from outer side of very old Mammoth Tusk(from Alaska). I meant and tried to keep darker colour as much as I can.

Tuatara

Materials: Mammoth Ivory(Tusk), mother of Pearl

Red Eyed Komori = Bat

Bat is called "Komori" in Japanese that is exactly the same ward/pronunciation of "Umbrella=Komori". I carved this bat like an Umbrella with Japanese traditional clouds look like wings' end.

*carved from Deer Antler with shell inlaid.

*Dimensions : 44mm W x 39mm T x 15mm D

Giant Snail / Powelliphanta

Materials: Deer Antler Crown, Gold Leaf, Turtle Shell, Goat Horn

58mm

Dyed by Yasha and Japanese Sumi ink

Concentration / Frog meditating

Materials: Deer Antler, Merino Sheep Horn and Goat Horn (right eye), Buffalo Horn (Left eye), Black mother of Pearl (Slug)

32mm

*The frog is on meditation, but he's been interrupted by a slug on his head. He's trying to concentrate but his face tells ....

Short Tailed Bat

I used the original texture of the deer antler crown for the bat's velvety body.

Eyes are inlaid buffalo horn.

Tuatara with Dinosaur Bone

40mm T x 38mmW x 38mmD

Materials: Deer Antler, Mother of Pearl

Kakapo 2023

Flightless, nocturnal and heavy weight of the Parrot world at a maximum 3.6kg. One of the most endangered birds in the world only they in New Zealand. I made this from Tagua Nut(vegetable Ivory) with buffalo horn inlayed.

37mm high

Kakapo 　　

Materials: Tagua Nut(Vegetable Ivory), Wild Goat Horn

46mm High

Kakapo is New Zealand Native Parrot. Nocturnal. Heaviest and flightless Parrot

Toad (waking up from hibernation)

Material: Deer Antler, Gold Leaf, Tortoise Shell

63mm Length

I put Gold Leaf underneath of Tortoise Shell as eyes. So the eyes shimmer.

Hiding Crab with a Stone

Materials: Deer Antler, Buffalo Horn

80mm long. Can be worn as a Necklace

Crab on Tusk

IWAMI style Netsuke. 75mm

*Boar Tusk

Spider on Kumara Leaf

Materials: Wild Pig Tusk, Goat Horn(inlaid Eyes). 48mm

Iwami type Netsuke

Hide and Seek / Kakurenbo

Frog is on Lotus Leaf. A crab is hiding inside of the Lotus Leaf.

When you push or pull the strings, the crab moves.

Materials : Tusk(Frog, Leaf), Deer Antler(Crab), Buffalo Horn, Abalone Shell

Dimensions: 42mm X 26mm X 17mm. Crab =22mm.

Firefly (Lightning Bug) = Hotaru on bamboo grass leaf

Sashi type of Netsuke. Firefly sitting on a Leaf and making its bottom glowing.

*Materials: Deer Antler, Buffalo Horn, Gold Leaf, Shell

125mm

Ko-mori /Nursing Bat

Materials: tagua Nut, Goat horn

*Ko-mori means Bat in Japanese, but I made this piece has two meanings by adding a baby bat. "Komori" means nursing baby. So this Netsuke is "Ko-mori's KOMORI". (hope you understand what I mean)

Namazu / Japanese catfish

*SASHI Netsuke 99mm

Japanese believe that they tell earthquake when it happens. You can only catch them using Goad, that's why my signature in the shape of Goad.

Materials: deer antler, buffalo horn

Namazu #1 = Earthquake Fish

carved from Cow Bone

Slug Netsuke

* Materials : Deer Antler, Buffalo Horn

can be worn as Necklace too.

Snail on Lotus Leaf 2

materials: Wild Pig Tusk, Abalone Shell, Goat Horn

80mm in length

The inlaid Goat horn eyes for the snail are around 0.5mm(half a millimetre)

Secret Sign of "KAMA-WA-NU"

"KAMAWANU" means "I don't care", "Okay, you can do it". The sign was often seen at Martial Arts DOJO in Edo period as "I don't care you to watch our practice, but I DO care you challenge us". "KAMAWANU" sign got very popular after well-known Kabuki-actor wore Kimono with this sign"