A wood netsuke of a minogame on a logBy Hatsuse, Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century
The minogame walking with head raised, its tail trailing over an asymmetric log of oval section; signed with ukibori characters Seiyodo monjin Hatsuse cho (carved by Hatsuse, pupil of Seiyodo). 5.7cm (2¼in).注脚木彫根付　丸太の輪切に蓑亀　銘 「青陽堂門人初瀬彫」　18世紀後期/19世紀前期

Published:
Lazarnick, NIA, p.454.
Earle, Huthart, p.364, no.340.

For another example by this rare carver with a reference to the Eno River, see G. Lazarnick, NIA, p.453.