A Lacquered bronze groupMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Comprising two shishimai dancers entirely covered by a floret-decorated cloak, the boy in front wearing a large shishi mask, the second boy peering out of the cloak at the back, an oni (demon) dressed in a loin cloth cowering and crawling on the floor beside them; unsigned. The shishimai group: 21cm x 33cm (8¼in x 13in); the oni: 11cm x 21.5cm (4 3/8in x 8½in). (2).