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Japanese bronze Samurai warrior advancing with a katana wearing an ornate robe richly decorated with mons (clan crest), signed in a rectangular reserve Gyoko 暁光, Meiji Period.
The artist Akasofu Gyoko 赤祖父暁光 (given name Sotojiro) lived in Tokyo producing from his workshop cast metalwork sculptures. He was a member of the Tokyo Cast Metalworkers' Association (Tokyo Chokinkay) active in the second half of the Meiji Era. He produced birds of prey and also large scale models of samurai warriors like this piece.
Reference: Splendors of Imperial Japan: Arts of the Meiji Period from the Khalili Collection , J. Earle, London, 2002, no. 93, 223-224.
Meiji no Takara : Treasures of Imperial Japan-The Nasser D. Khalili Collection, Metalwork Part II no. 110, The Kibo Foundation 1995."
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H 57.5cm x W 37cm x D 26cmThe BADA Standard
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