A boxwood okimono of a prowling tiger By Hokyudo Masayoshi, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Naturalistically modelled, striding forward with its long tail stretching out behind, its mouth wide open and growling, the stripes on its body finely delineated in low relief, its musculature and limbs finely carved, its eyes of pale amber with black pupils; signed on its belly with carved characters Hokyudo Masayoshi to. 12cm x 40.5cm (4¾in x 16in).