By Sekiguchi Shinya (1877-1932), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe young ox-herd seated on the back of a recumbent ox, holding the halter which is tied through the beast's nose, his basket strapped to his back, signed in an oval silvered-metal reserve Shinya koku; with a wooden tomobako storage box titled Bokudo Okimono (Okimono of a herd boy) and signed by the artist Nihon Bijutsu Kyokai shinsain Sekiguchi Shinya zo (made by Sekiguchi Shinya, a judge in the Japan Art Association) with seal Shinya no in. 17.2cm x 29cm (6?in x 11?in). (2).