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AN EDO SCHOOL WOOD NETSUKE OF A FARMER TYING HIS GETA AND CLEANING HIS TEETH
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2023年06月16日 开拍 / 2023年06月14日 截止委托
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AN EDO SCHOOL WOOD NETSUKE OF A FARMER TYING HIS GETA AND CLEANING HIS TEETH

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Japan, Edo (Tokyo), early to mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

The elderly man crouching to tie the strap on one of his geta sandals, wearing a short robe tied at the waist and suspending a tonkotsu (tobacco box) and kiseru (pipe), a sickle attached to his back, his face contorted in a grimace as he cleans his teeth using a fusayoji (tufted toothpick). The side and back with generously excavated, asymmetrical himotoshi, the larger of which is of oval shape.

HEIGHT 4.5 cm

Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and rubbing to patina.
Provenance: From the collection of Gaston Lazard (1878-1956) and his wife Jane Levy (1886-1985) and thence by descent within the same family.

Chew sticks are twigs or roots of certain plants that are chewed until one end is frayed. This end can be used to brush against the teeth, while the other end can be used as a toothpick. The earliest chew sticks have been dated to Babylonia in 3500 BC and an Egyptian tomb from 3000 BC. They are mentioned in Chinese records dating from 1600 BC, in the Ayurvedas around the 4th century BC and in Tipitaka, in the Buddhist Canon around the 5th century BC in India. The custom came to Japan with Buddhism and became popular during the mid-Edo period. Fusayoji (tufted toothpicks) were made from fragrant trees such as willow and black letters and were sold at shrine precincts.

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