Lot 324 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a long-nosed tengu. 19th century

Dressed as a yamabushi with cap and yuigesa, the back covered by crow’s wings, and sitting in front of a mortar (suribachi) using his long nose as a pestle (surikogi). Age crack.
Grinding in a mortar is a sexual allusion.
Height 3.7 cm