Sea Creatures / Netsuke for Sale

Octopus catches Fish

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

 61mm x 33mm x 24mm

I used natural shaped deer antler (kind of deformed crown). 

Dancing Octopus

 Material: Tagua Nut (Vegetable Ivory) , Shell, Goat Horn

 49mm Length

"YOKOZUNA" FUGU =Pufferfish 

Puffed up looks like YOKOZUNA Sumo Wrestler, so I named it ".

Materials : Deer Antler, Buffalo Horn

Stingray 

*Materials : Deer Antler Crown, Brass

Dimensions : 54mm L x 38mm W x 16mm D

Nice and solid piece as Netsuke

Crayfish 2024

Smaller Version of my popular Crayfish. Nice size as a Netsuke.

 Materials: Deer Antler Crown, Buffalo Horn

Blue Eyed Pufferfish = Japanese FUGU

Materials : Deer Antler, Shell

Dimensions : 38mmL x 34mmW x 28mmT

Crabs doing pulling-Sumo on Abalone

Two Crabs are trying to get the food each other. On the other hand, the Abalone would say "Do it other place".

Every year, I go to rocky shore for snorkelling and enjoy looking sea creatures lives. Crabs are especially fascinating.

*Materials: Deer Antler, Buffalo Horn, Bamboo Coral, Paua/Abalone Shell(my sign on the shell)  

CRAB NETSUKE #1.  *SOLD

 Materials: Deer Antler Crown, Buffalo Horn(eyes)

Cuttlefish.       

*Materials : Cow Bone, Buffalo Horn

It sits very well as Netsuke (traditional use ) to hang Sagemono.

*Dimensions : 76mm L x 35mm W x 13mm Thickness

FUGU=Japanese Pufferfish

Materials: Deer Antler, Buffalo Horn

44mm x 43mm x 24mm

Octopus and Pot

Japanese set cray pots to catch Octopuses in Tradition. This Netsuke shows the Octopus getting in the abandoned old pot. 

 Materials: Deer Antler, Tortoise shell, Gold Leaf

50.5mmH

Octopus Blowing

Materials: Deer Antler, Buffalo Horn

Octopus 

 Tagua Nut(Vegetable Ivory), Inlaid Merino sheep horn & Goat Horn eyes

42mm

Octopus SASHI Netsuke

 Materials : Deer Antler, Japanese Yellow Crystal 

 142mm

*I left the original rough texture for showing Octopus skin.

Can be Worn as a Necklace

Clam Netsuke

 Material: Mammoth Tusk

 45mm(widest)

Crab at Beach at night

 The Pig Tusk represents (crescent)Moon. Paua shell represents the water. The Crab came to the beach for laying eggs.

Leaping Humpback Whale

 Materials: Deer Antler, Goat Horn(eyes), Paua Shell(on bottom)

 52mm