TSUDA SHINOBU (1875-1946) A Bronze Model of a Hawk Showa era (1926-1989), 1941Property of various ownersTSUDA SHINOBU (1875-1946)A Bronze Model of a Hawk Showa era (1926-1989), 1941Cast as a hawk looking back to the left, perched on a rock, cast signature on the rock base Daiju seiWith two wood tomobako storage boxes the inner box titled by the artist and signed on the inside of the lid Tsuda Shinobu sei, sealed and dated 1941 12 5/8in (32cm) highFor another version of this model, with an almost identical rock and a very similar bird but with the wings outspread, titled Hiyaku (Sallying Forth), exhibited by Tsuda Shinobu at the special exhibition held in 1940 to mark the 2,600th anniversary of the Imperial House, see Nittenshi Hensan Iinkai (Nittenshi Editorial Committee), Nittenshi 14 (History of the National Salon 14), Shinbunten hen 2 (The New Bunten Exhibition 2), Tokyo, Nitten, 1984, p. 289, no. 348