By Kimura Gizaburo Sadamoto, Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid/late 19th century Standing with its head lowered to the left and its long curly tail rising over its head, covered with an iron oxide glaze, varying in tone over the body which is incised with tufts of hair florets, signed on its right hind leg with chiselled characters Inbemura, Kimura Gizaburo, Sadamoto saku (Made by Kimura Gizaburo Sadamoto in Inbe Village [present-day Bizen], Okayama Prefecture). 49.5cm x 51cm (19½in x 20in).