A wooden katabori netsuke depicting a man pulling part of his fundoshi stuck in a hamaguri. This humorous netsuke parodies the seduction of feminine wiles. Here, the unfortunate man is caught by his fundoshi (loincloth) in the lips of a clam, the Japanese archetype of the female sex. Two encircled himotoshi

• 1.3 x1.9 in (3.4 x 4.8 cm)