Small wooden okimono, Japan, 19th century, carved in the round and depicting the famous general Gōshisho (Wu Yün in Chinese) standing carrying a huge incense burner above his head with his left hand, while with his right he dips his brush into the ink of a suzuri in order to write on a sheet of paper placed on a low table. The eyes are inlaid with brown horn. It is signed under one foot 斤寧독 Nobukazu tō (engraved by Nobukazu) H. 11 cm (cracks, some wear, broken foot glued back together)