An ebony netsuke of a centipede on driftwoodBy Hayashi Gendo, Iwami Province, dated 1789The centipede crawling around and over a section of striated and weathered driftwood of irregular form, its body and the underside of the wood polished, signed with ukibori characters Kansei gan tsuchinoto-tori toshi Sekiyo Kohoku Hayashi Gendo kore o horu (carved by Hayashi Gendo of Kohoku in Sekiyo in the first, tsuchinoto-tori, year of Kansei [1789]). 6.6cm (2 5/8in).注脚黒檀彫根付　流木に蜈蚣　銘 「寛政元己酉年石陽江北林元道彫之」　1789年Provenance:George Lazarnick Collection.Published:Wenneker, IS, fig.12.Lazarnick, NIA, pp.79 and 401-2.Earle, Huthart, p.334, no.308.