A wooden katabori netsuke depicting a seated skeleton holding a fan open in front of him in his right hand, his left hand resting on his head, seemingly reflecting on his future and the impermanence of life... Signed below his bent right leg in an oval cartouche: Toshimasa - ??. Wear to the himotoshi. Japan, 19th century. L.: 3 cm; H.: 4.4 cm