By Adachi Masanobu (born 1838), 19th centuryOf upright form, carved in relief with Kikujido seated on a rock, beside a fast-flowing stream and rapids, among chrysanthemum blooms, holding a spray of chrysanthemums with one hand and a brush in the other as he composes a poem, the reverse with chrysanthemums growing in a mountainous landscape among clouds; signed Fuji Masanobu with kao. 7.6cm (3in) high.