IMPORTANT ATSUYOSHI saku MEJI PERIOD BRONZE PHEASANT: Articulate mixed metal Silver & Bronze Pheasant on burl plinth, 19th C, 14 1/2'' h. Signed Atsuyoshi saku and bears the Maruki Company Seal. The Maruki Company in Nihonbashiku, Tokyo, produced some of the finest works of art in ivory and bronze during the Meiji period, commissioning many skillful artists such as Atsuyoshi and exhibited at the domestic and international exhibitions.