KARASU TENGU

- Hand Carved Netsuke Art to display!

In the artists words.

"This Karasu Tengu holds the magic fan leaf waiting to fly and stands on a one toothed Geta (wooden sandal). Just concentrating to get the power to use the magic". A unique and collectable netsuke by master carver Fumio Noguchi.

This exceptional work depicts Karasu Tengu - the crow spirit of Japanese folklore - hunched in anticipation, holding a fan leaf as he waits for its magic to stir and carry him skyward.

Carved from deer antler with terrific precision, this piece deserves prolonged study: the feathered texture, the hunched posture, the delicate fan leaf. A small hat carved from buffalo horn rests upon his head. Most striking are the eyes - each a different colour, inlaid from shell recovered from an antique Japanese hairpin. They lend the tengu an otherworldly, piercing gaze, and the reclaimed material adds quiet poetry: an old hairpin becomes new vision.

Karasu Tengu are enduring figures from Japanese yōkai tradition - mountain spirits associated with flight, magic, and the summoning of winds. Fumio captures their complexity wonderfully in this piece: mischievous but noble, a figure caught between the spiritual and real worlds.

Carved from dense deer antler, this piece is substantial in the hand but intimate in its scale - a sculpture that reveals itself slowly, detail by detail.

- a truly unique taonga for the discerning collector. Take a close look at the photos, and the video to appreciate the detail of this piece.

lovingly packaged in a woven kete pouch. One only - Delivery with Express Courier is included in the price.

Artist: Fumio Noguchi

Material: Deer Antler, Buffalo Horn with Shell Eyes

Size: 44mm (1.7") long; 37mm (1.4") wide