By Jigaku, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Comprising a group of several monkeys of different size clambering over each other on a wave-lashed rocky promontory clinging for safety, one reaching down to pull up their companion whose leg is trapped by the tentacles of an octopus; signed on the base with ink-stained characters on a bone-inlaid rectangular reserve Jigaku. 19.2cm (7½in) high.