Japanese Contemporary Wood Okimono Kitsune-ken Fox Hunter Signed Netsuke
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Type: Okimono (or a very large netsuke, if the hunter's gun was used as the himotoshi)
Material: Wood
Age: Contemporary
Origin/Maker: Masakatsu, Japan, maker's mark on base
Size: 3-3/8" tall (8.5725 cm)
Weight: 3.1 oz (89 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected:
Condition: Good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Chip to the foxe's left ear. Light surface wear.
Subject:
Design of Kitsune-ken (or tōhachi-ken), a sansukumi-ken game, an early kind of Rock Paper Scissors (jan-ken). Kitsune-ken had the fox (kitsune), hunter (Ryōshi), and village head (Shōya). Kitsune defeats the village head (presumably through trickery or seduction), the village head defeats the hunter (through their authority), and the hunter defeats the kitsune (using their gun)
The most popular sansukumi-ken game in Japan was kitsune-ken (狐拳), also known as tōhachiken (東八拳).[8] In the game, a supernatural fox called a kitsune (狐) defeats the village head, the village head (庄屋) defeats the hunter, and the hunter (猟師) defeats the fox. A distinct feature of kitsune-ken is that the game is played by making gestures with both hands.[9] The chonkina stripping game is a variation of kitsune-ken where players remove their clothing each time they lose a round.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansukumi-ken
Location:
Japanese Contemporary Wood Okimono Kitsune-ken Fox Hunter Signed Netsuke
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Type: Okimono (or a very large netsuke, if the hunter's gun was used as the himotoshi)
Material: Wood
Age: Contemporary
Origin/Maker: Masakatsu, Japan, maker's mark on base
Size: 3-3/8" tall (8.5725 cm)
Weight: 3.1 oz (89 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected:
Condition: Good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Chip to the foxe's left ear. Light surface wear.
Subject:
Design of Kitsune-ken (or tōhachi-ken), a sansukumi-ken game, an early kind of Rock Paper Scissors (jan-ken). Kitsune-ken had the fox (kitsune), hunter (Ryōshi), and village head (Shōya). Kitsune defeats the village head (presumably through trickery or seduction), the village head defeats the hunter (through their authority), and the hunter defeats the kitsune (using their gun)
The most popular sansukumi-ken game in Japan was kitsune-ken (狐拳), also known as tōhachiken (東八拳).[8] In the game, a supernatural fox called a kitsune (狐) defeats the village head, the village head (庄屋) defeats the hunter, and the hunter (猟師) defeats the fox. A distinct feature of kitsune-ken is that the game is played by making gestures with both hands.[9] The chonkina stripping game is a variation of kitsune-ken where players remove their clothing each time they lose a round.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansukumi-ken
Location:
Japanese Contemporary Wood Okimono Kitsune-ken Fox Hunter Signed Netsuke