By Hogyoku, signed Hogyoku Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)
Depicting a large squirrel with inlaid eyes and bushy tail seated on top of a rock, with another squirrel inside the rock and its bushy tail visible underneath. Himotoshi through the rock and signed underneath HOGYOKU.
HEIGHT 4.1 cm
Condition: Excellent condition. Provenance: German private collection, acquired in Japan in the 1980s/90s.