Meiji Period Bronze of a Huntsman Carrying a Gun

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, ...

Unusual Meiji period bronze of a labourer sieving through a woven reed mat with another at his feet and a wooden bucket at his side, signed.

His bronze work is a collection in the Japanese Art Department of Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. This work, a farmer’s wife feeding a baby at lunch on a bench (bronze), is also reproduced in Professor HARADA Jiro’s article Studio: Japanese Art and Artists of Today V Metal work (page 102) His original name was UDAGAWA Sutejiro 宇田川捨次郎, which he used on his work until Meiji 39. He exhibited at the Third (Meiji 23, 1890) and Fifth (Meiji 36, 1903) at the Inland Industrial Exhibition (Naikoku kangyo hakurankai) --- in both cases using his earlier name Udagawa Sutejiro. In Meiji 39 he adopted his new art name Udagawa Kazuo. He exhibited at major exhibitions abroad: P-142 (Paris Great Expo in 1900, section 1), Q-43, 88 (Paris Great Expo in 1900, section 2), R-531 (Paris Great Expo in 1900, award winning section), S-123 (St Louise...

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...

This a metal sculpture of a young man hunter with his dog. He is dressed with an open green coat, long pants, pair of boots, a hat and a bullet belt around...

A handsome 19th century bronze statue of a young hunter. Raised on a circular moulded base with detailed chasing surrounds. The figure of a young male hun...

BRONZE ARCHER FIGURE Japan, Meiji Bronze period. H. ca. 38cm. The figure is kneeling, dressed in a haramaki and robes decorated with kamon and wheels, wi...

Large Hunting Bronze Statue, The Huntsman. An impressive large vintage bronze sculpture of a huntsman and hound. The hunting hound has caught the...