Standing
at 3 inches and weight almost 3 ounces, with wings and legs placed together, and
beak resting in its chest. This is a compact model of a large parrot, undoubtedly
qualifies as a "wrestler netsuke" designed for men.
The design is original, simple, but effective for its purpose. The parrot's
eyes are double inlaid in yellow horns, and dark horns for pupils. Unlike his
signature on the Monkey netsuke, the Go Nakagawa is signed inside two adjoining
circles reserves on the base of the parrot, which is detailed with the bird's
legs, and two small himotoshi.