Description
A wooden Namazu nestuke winding around a flask. This gigantic fish belongs to Japanese legends and is represented under the figure of a catfish.
In japanese legends this fish support the country on it back and when it’s irritated, its contortions cause terrible earthquakes. Also, the legends say that the movements of the Namazu are reduced by the flask power and the strenght of the god Ka dori Myô jin.
Middle Edo
Signed Tadayoshi.
Height : 3 cm
