A carved bone netsuke of a striding woman with hat in kimono as samurai

Description:

Japan, signed Mitsuyuki, Meiji period
H. 5,5 cm
The sword in horn, the inro in red lacquer. Finely engraved details. Signed on the bottom of the right foot.
From an old private collection in the Rhineland, collected before 1985, coll. no. 7 (With note 12/(19)77 Offermann & Schmitz) - Minim. traces of age