By Masatsune, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Posing with one foot resting on a sanpo (ceremonial stand), wearing a tall eboshi hat, holding a cluster of small bells in one hand and an open fan in the other, his formal robe inlaid with foliate motifs in shell, fixed on a lobed rectangular cabriole-legged stand; signed Masatsune within a shell-inlaid rectangular reserve. 23cm (9in) high.