Boxwood 112 x 38 x 39 mm, Minkô, or his pupil Tômin in Tsu, Ise province, early 19th century.

Fukurokuju, one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, is represented laughing. He wears a loin cloth and round his grotesquely elongated skull he has tied a towel which leaves the top exposed. The form of the head is explicitly phallic. A long-tailed tortoise (Minogame) sits on his head, the top of which can be unscrewed to reveal a compartment, probably intended for aphrodisiacs.

The sturdy little god with his stubby legs is carrying Okame (the vernacular name for the Shintô goddess Uzume) on his back. Her finger touches her lips in a lascivious gesture and she is glancing at Fukurokuju's long skull above her. The erotic allusion is all too obvious. As an additional touch the lower end of the himotoshi opens at the anal orifice of the woman. This superb masterpiece among netsuke vibrates with the spirit of the artist revealing his unique powers as both artist and craftsman.