Height: 25cms
Date: Circa 1880
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Product Code: KPOK121
Artist / Company: Miyao
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An amusing and characterful Bronze Okimono depicting a Samurai Falconer. Signed by the celebrated Miyao Company, the statue depicts a Falconer, (practitioner of Takagari).
A bird rests obediently on his left hand and he gazes happily into the sky as if looking at another bird. On his back he carries a straw roll-matt and a coolie hat and his robes are adorned with Mon (emblems) and red crowned cranes. He stands on the original wood and gold lacquer stand.
Condition is very good but please feel free to contact us for further images or to request a viewing.
Takagari (Falconry)
Takagari is the Japanese word for falconry, as in the West, it was a status sport reserved for wealthy nobles that could afford to buy and house the expensive birds.
It was popular among Samurai, the Goshawk and Hawk were popular birds with the Eagle reserved for very high status individuals, it is not unusual to see favorite birds depicted in artworks of the time.
Miyao Eisuke
Possibly one of the best known and widely celebrated metalwork manufacturers of the Meiji period, the Miyao company was first based in Yokohama before moving to Tokyo in 1890.
They exhibited at many of the Great Expositions to great critical acclaim and won many prizes for their impressive works, they are best known for their metal ware but they also manufactured Shibayama style works and ivory figures.
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