Ivory netsuke representing Gama Sennin, Japan, 18th century Gama Sennin, "the wise man with a toad (gama: toad) holds a piece of his robe with his right hand while with his left he holds his three-legged toad on his head. At the back, in his back, two himotoshi allow the passage of the cord of the inro. The eyes are inlaid with brown horn. Height : 14,5 cm ; net weight : 65 g Accident on the foot and crack in the ivory. It is the Taoist sennin of Chinese origin How Sien-song (in Japanese Kôsensei) who lived, it seems, in the mountains in company of a huge toad or a three-legged frog (cf. Koji Hôten). According to the regulation that came into force on January 19, 2022, intra-EU trade in ivory is subject to a CIC certificate. Re-exportation outside the European Union is prohibited.