Meiji period okimono of a carpenter. This is a beautiful and magnificent okimono composition, created in the imperial Japan during the Meiji era period, back in he 1890. The rare okimono sculpture has been assembled with several elements, carefully carved in ivory. The group depict the figure of a dressed standing carpenter working with wood with utensils and carrying several hammers and other carpenter's instruments over a bench.   This piece is extremely well executed and retains all the original aged patina of over 100 years old. This piece was recently professionally dissembled, cleaned and rearranged. This stupendous piece will be a great addition for your desk, your Japanese antiques collection, or your bijouterie cabinet. The sculpture is mount in an oval base.   Okimono This is a Japanese term meaning for display an ornament; art object; or decorative object, usually displayed in a tokonoma or butsudan "Buddhist altar". It is an ornament or figure, especially one placed in a guest room. An okimono may be a small Japanese carving, similar to but larger than a netsuke. Unlike the netsuke, which had a specific purpose, the okimono is exclusively decorative and was displayed in the tokonoma. During the Meiji period, many okimonos were made for export to the West. Meiji period   This is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people