Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Cast in the style of Miyao Eisuke, standing with bare feet apart and holding aloft in one hand a hexagonal stand on top of which rests a vessel (lacking), the figure's robes engraved with dragons and butterflies, and covered with a do (breast plate) elaborately tied at the waist and chest, suspended with a slain wolf's head, a long, windswept scarf trailing all around his body, unsigned; affixed to a rectangular wood stand. The figure: 59cm (23¼in) high; total height: 63.5cm (25in) high.