A boxwood netsuke of a frog on a pumpkinLate 19th/early 20th centuryThe frog squatting on the pumpkin, facing ahead with an alert expression as if about to leap, the wood bearing a good patina and the eyes inlaid in horn, inscribed Masanao. 4.5cm (1¾in). 注脚黄楊彫根付　南瓜に蛙　銘 「正直」　19世紀後期/20世紀前期Published:Rokusho 20, p.72, no.104.Earle, Huthart, p.356, no.333.Burditt, ICLS, p.42, fig.15.It has been suggested that this netsuke is by Masanao of Izumo, the work being somewhat in the style of Mitani Goho, although Shichida Makoto, a native of Shimane Prefecture (formerly Iwami Province) and author of numerous articles on Iwami netsuke, recorded that his signature is generally engraved in a more cursive style.