Japanese Ichimatsu Boy by the artist “Toka” (active late Meiji-Taisho eras), classic ichimatsu with a well-formed head, expressive features, large ears, incised lips, covered in a lightly pigmented gofun, inset glass eyes, painted hair, unusual crosshatched treatment for eyebrows, wearing a bold purple plaid chiriment silk crepe kimono with a black silk quilt pattern obi, naturalistically rendered hands with two middle fingers curving slightly inward, deep tsuemkiri carve fingernail treatment with knuckle and palm creases, meishi signature cloth reading “Toka” with artist seal, minor abrasion to head, overall fine condition, 20”
