4. NETSUKE EN BOIS REPRÉSENTANT OKAME Par Sansho, fin du XIXe siècle A WOOD NETSUKE OF OKAME (GODDESS OF MIRTH) By Sansho, late 19th century Okame in mid-stride, carrying an oversized phallic mushroom on her back, pulling the rope tied around the mushroom to hold it securely in place; signed on the right side of her robes Sansho with a kao. 6.8cm (2 1//16in) high. 木彫根付　お亀　銘「三笑（花押）」　19世紀後期 Provenance: Purchased from Eskenazi, London, January 1997. Illustrated: INSJ, vol.17, no.1, back cover. For a somewhat similar example by the artist, see N. Davey, MTH, p.35, no.65.