A bronze articulated model of a grasshopper Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 20th century Cast and hammered in bronze in the likeness of a grasshopper with fully articulated legs, wings, head, thorax and abdomen the wings with fine hammered stippling and with cold-chiseled details on the body to resemble the insect's exoskeleton, the eyes finished in shakudo, signed on the underside of the right, rear wing Kozan 3 1/2in (8.9cm) long