Jizai okimono of an articulated wooden lobster. This one is a Japanese spiny lobster (ise-ebi in Japanese), a lobster species of Pacific Ocean that grows up to around 12 in (30 cm). It is a popular item in high-class Japanese cuisine.

Wooden jizai okimono are quite rare. They are mostly made of metal (iron, copper, silver, shakudô, etc.).

Signature below the tail of Shôroku‘s lobster (笑緑).

Left antennule missing.

Japan, Shôroku (笑緑) – Meiji Era (1868-1912)

Height: 1.2 in / 3.5 cm – width: 3.15 in / 8 cm (unfolded antennae: 9.8 in / 25.5 cm) – depth: 6.3 in / 16.5 cm (unfolded antennae: 7.5 in / 19 cm)