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boxwood shoki and oni netsuke

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boxwood shoki and oni netsuke
Contemporary, c.1970, Japan. Shoki is standing on the chest of an oni (demon), about to run him through with a sword. The oni wearing gold bracelets, both having inlaid yellow eyes. Signed in wood and on inlaid metal plaque Hideyuki.
Note: Hideyuki = Hideo Sakurai, born October 6, 1941, Tokyo. It is typical for this artist to depict legendary figures.
Height 6.3 cm. (2 1/2 in.).