Three ivory okimono


Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising an Ainu hunter-gatherer, typically depicted with facial hair, wearing a heavy necklace and wielding a short sword, signed on the base in a carved red-lacquer reserve Tomomine/Yuho, 24.5cm (9 5/8in) high; the second a Noh actor in costume with both hands gripping a spear, the garments inlaid with foliate motifs in assorted shell, unsigned, 16.2cm (6 3/8in) high; the third a group of two rats clambering over two clam shells, unsigned; 4.6cm x 7.7cm (1¾in x 3in). (3).