Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), early to late 19th century
Comprising: a demon hiding from beans beneath a large hat, unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in) diam.; peasant with a large sackful of demons, signed on an ivory tablet Ryumin, 4.2cm (1 5/8in) wide; a blind masseur and client, unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in) wide; two sages playing go, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in) wide; minogame (hairy-tailed turtle), signed Tadakazu, 3.8cm (1½in) wide; shishimai dancers, signed Hozan, 5.1cm (2in) wide; a praying demon, signed Hokusai saku, 4.5cm (1¾in) high; a night watchman, unsigned, 6.7cm (2 7/8in) high; a shishi with a brocade ball, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in) high; monkey and catfish, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in) wide; tea-picker, unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in) high; four mask netsuke, one of a shishi head with hinged jaw and loose ears, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in) high; Konoha Tengu, signed Ryu[..], 5.1cm (2in) high; another of Konoha Tengu, unsigned, 5.7cm (2¼in) high; and a ceramic tengu mask, signed Sekisen, 4.5cm (1¾in) high. (15).