Fine and Large Meiji Period Bronze of Two Tigers by Genryusai Seiya

Large Meiji period bronze tiger by Genryusai Seiya, striding forward with teeth bared, the bronze patinated to imitate tiger stripes, with in...

A charming Meiji period bronze of a boy collecting sweet chestnuts by Seiya, he carries a basket and is looking down at an insect crawling over his hand, he is also evidently wearing...

A Meiji period bronze sculpture of a mother and son by Atsuyoshi, she is shown seated on a gnarled rootwood base, with her arm round a crying boy standing by her knee and offering her breast, wearing a short robe, trousers and a cloth incised with Mount Fuji around her head, and bare feet. Signed Atsuyoshi saku, Maruki Shachu seisaku (??????????? (??????????). Japanese, circa 1880. Footnote: Atsuyoshi is known for a number of finely modelled bronze studies of both wild and domesticated animals, almost all of them made for the Tokyo based Maruki Company. This is therefore an unusual subject matter for him and Japanese bronzes in general , however Oliver Impey and Joyce Seaman, in ‘Japanese Decorative Arts of the Meiji Period’ (in the Ashmolean Museum Collections), pp. 68-69, include a bronze group of a woman who has just finished breast feeding...

A Meiji period bronze of a cricket catcher, shown holding a whistle to his mouth with his left hand and a long rod in his right hand, wearing traditional clothing with a wide-brimmed...

A Meiji period bronze of a huntsman carrying a gun, Signed in a seal. ??? in an elaborate seal script, Which reads “Kakuha sei”. Japanese, circa 1910. Kakuha Kanzaemon had shops...

A Meiji period bronze of a boy carrying twigs, they are strapped onto his back on a carrying frame and he carries a gourd water bottle in his right hand, signed in a seal. Japanese, ...

Japanese Meiji Genryusai Seiya bronze elephant and tigers, circa 1890. This moving and detailed bronze grouping depicts a savage attack by two viscous...

Japanese Meiji period patinated bronze sculpture of a geisha waiving her hand in greeting signed Genryusai Seiya 19th Century The attractive young geisha is dressed in traditional Ja...

19th century Japanese Meiji Period bronze Jardinière by Genryusai Seiya. Outstanding large 19th century Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) high relief bronze jardinière by Genryusai ...

A very large and important bronze figure of an elephant by Genryusai Seya, Meiji Period (1868-1912), late 19th century Naturalistically cast, the elephant crying out in rage as he is...

OKIMONO OF A ROARING TIGER OVER A WOODEN BASE Japan, Meiji Period Patinated bronze signed Mitani to underside of belly Item # 302LOC16P This remarkable Japanese bronze okimono o...

Set contains two: A Japanese bronze of a rat, Meiji Period, signed, approximately 9cm long x 8cm high and another Japanese bronze of a rat, signed, seated on its back legs, brown pat...