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My father picked this up at a local market. Just looking for opinions of authenticity or translation of signature. Any opinions and thoughts welcome. Thank you. 

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Hi, not an expert at all but as a beginner netsuke collector I don't feel it. Carving seems quite crude to me and my mind screams "chinese fake".

Concerning the signature, it looks like semi cursive script and I'm a bit unsure what the first character is, but I would go for 正友 which could be read as Masatomo or Shōyū.
Moreover, looking at the himotoshi, they are probably drilled and it's not a good point...

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I posted them both about the same time one in the main area and one in the netsuke etc. it was already up before you replied. I was just trying to get it out there covering more ground to get him the answer asap. That’s why if you must know. 

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