Nicely Crafted, Old Metal Grasshopper (Japanese Okimono?) faper folding I can’t imagine how many

I can’t imagine how many hours this fantastic box and ten plates might have taken to create (I believe c

but still with a lot of years on it for sure

with plenty of wear and fading of the color

Cat itself measures 12 1/2" x 8 7/8" x 2" (wood is 13/16" thick)

Nicely Crafted, Old Metal Grasshopper (Japanese Okimono?) faper folding I can’t imagine how manyIt seems to me likely that this grasshopper is Japanese, made in the tradition of "Okimono" insects crafted by makers of Samurai armour and given as tokens of good luck. (One photo example included very similarly crafted to this one.) Whatever the case, nicely done, and clearly with a good bit of age to it and of course grasshoppers as the luckiest insects of all, representing good fortune as well as happiness and joy. 3 5 8" l x 1 1 16" t x 7 8" w