A large boxwood netsuke of a frog on a lotus leafBy Yamashina, probably Iwami Province, 19th centuryThe tree frog squatting diagonally on the large folded leaf, the main veins of which are carved in low relief, the wood slightly worn and bearing a good patina, signed in a sunken oval reserve Yamashina saku (made by Yamashina). 11.6cm (4 5/8in) long.注脚黄楊彫根付　蓮の葉に蛙　銘 「山品作」　19世紀Published:Earle, Huthart, p.353, no.329.Although this work shows strong affinities with that produced by known carvers from Iwami Province, the maker appears to be unknown.