A large Japanese bronze figure of a Bijin holding a lamp, Meiji period, Tokyo school, the beautiful woman stepping carefully in geta holding her kimono with her right hand, her hair elaborately dressed, signed with seal: Hosho/Takanobu, and another reading: Isho toroku dai 1536 go (patented design, no.1536), height 89 cm. Provenance: Bonhams London, fine Japanese Art, 5 November 2009, lot 266, acquired from the above