As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this very large and imposing bronze Okimono of a hunter carrying his spoils whilst walking upon a root wood base, the fine quality bronze, although unsigned, is certainly by a very competent Tokyo school artist , we will offer a comparison later in the description, the hunter has a wonderful but charming craggy face, he sports a goatee beard and moustache with his hair tied back impeccably, the burly chap, suitably clad for the rigors of his trade requires both hands to balance the rifle over his left shoulder, this in turn is supporting the weight of the fruits of his labour , a very large deer !! , he also carries a Gourd shaped drinking vessel and wicker food bag to his waist , the artist implies that he is probably walking over a natural fallen branch to cross a stream , the highly skilled artist has captured this story in a superb lifelike manner .Literature: We have tracked an exact replica of this bron...