Like most animals in art history worldwide, the animals depicted in netsuke usually have symbolic meanings.
A rat holding on to a candle-end
O.5-1904
Two toads
MAR.O.142-1912
Two tortoises climbing out of a basket
MAR.0.148-1912
An ebi with inlaid eyes
O.310-2008
A cicada with folded wings
MAR.O.105-1912
Roaring shishi
O.170-2008
Seated shishi
O.154-2008
Seated kirin
O.251-2008
