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Originally Posted by Columbine
Certainly not so usual to see this kind of dog in Japanese art though. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a peke-type dog in traditional Japanese art before, least not that I remember.
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I don't know it is a "peke-type" dog or not. But it's called Komainu in Japanese.
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So usual in shrine and temples.
Fan sight
http://komainu.org/
And Komainu netsuke is not rare in Japan.
If chinese made the Komainu netsuke,I don't think it is a "fake".It's a just cheap souvenir.
KOMAINU (with Buddhism) ROAD
India→China→Korean Peninsula→Japan.
三田
Sanda, Hyōgo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In sanda,Porcelains had been made from 1801~1941.It's called 三田焼(sanda yaki)
Before WW2,it is not so unusual to export Porcelains from Japan to West.not necessary high quality .
I'm not sure the netsuke was made in Sanda.But I think it is not a strange guess.