The center part on the shell removable, forming the himotoshi
1⁵⁄₈ in. (4.1 cm.) wide

Harald Hayen, Norderney, Germany, 1999

George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures (Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1982). Pp.359.
Frederick Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, part 1 (A.R. Liss, 1986). Pp 359, no. 1643A.
Shengzhong Wang, Netsuke: the Art of Japanese Sculpture, Form and Spirit (Hangzhou: Zhejiang guji chubanshe, 2023). Pp 139.

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