Two Niô Arm Wrestling

仁王の腕相撲

Higo No Daijô (Japanese, mid-18th century)

Japanese

Edo period

mid-18th century

Medium/Technique Stained boxwood

Dimensions 3.5 x 8 x 3.9 cm (1 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman

Accession Number47.716

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsNetsuke

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 182; Earle, Netsuke (MFA, 2001), #130

Signed Higo no Daijô saku (made by Higo No Daijô)
肥後大掾作

ProvenanceGiven by Dr. Ernest Goodrich Stillman in 1947.