A standing samurai,Japan,Meiji period Delicately engraved and embossed bronze with fine face and hands of the samurai in akagane,the body in expressive facial features with silver and shakudo inlaid eyes and traditional,finely engraved hairstyle with in a civilian's kamishimo decorated with the Tsuru mon of the Tozawa clan and han-bakama embellished with the Kikiyo mon of the Akeshi clan,two swords protruding from the obi,in one hand a suyari(slightly bent).Signed "Kiyumitsu" in gilt cartouche on the side of,Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available


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