Okimono netsuke - Unsigned
circa 1870
A wood okimono netsuke depicting a disappointed rat catcher. Holding his upturned wooden box firmly against the ground and readying his cudgel with his right fist, he shouts out in frustrated dismay as the rodent makes a nonchalant escape over the would-be captor’s shoulder.
Height: 4.6cm, width: 5.1cm
