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Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7570, described as Netsuke: dragon, apparently changing into a lotus which has a stem and leaf attached. By Toyomasa. Height: 2.5 cm, Width/breadth: 4.5 cm According to the donor's catalog: "Netsuke of wood, inlaid with translucent horn for eye. Depicts a dragon curled around the inside of a tangerine. The projections provided by the stem and leaves of the fruit serve as the himetoshi (holes for the string that attach netsuke to kimono) for this piece. Signed by Toyomasa, who worked in the mid nineteenth century.
Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7422, described as Netsuke: boat filled with people (Buddhistic divinities). Boat's prow is dragon head. One person holds cup, one a fan, one a compass, one a staff.