A boxwood netsuke of a snail on a shiitake mushroomBy Soho, 19th centuryThe large snail slithering over a mushroom, its optic feelers extending over the cap, forming a compact composition in stained wood, the stalk of the mushroom forming the himotoshi, signed Soho sanjin Minko no zu (Hermit Soho, after Minko). 5.7cm (2¼in).注脚黄楊彫根付　椎茸に蝸牛　銘 「僧浦山人眠虎図」　19世紀Published: Earle, Huthart, p.347, no.323.The name Soho appears to be unrecorded, and this work seems to have been copied from an example by Konan Minko who was believed to be a follower of Tanaka Minko of Tsu.