Nicely Crafted, Old Metal Grasshopper (Japanese Okimono?) fine whimsy and also lots of logistics

and also lots of logistics as to have long it takes a letter to get from one location to another

so I'm no good identifying the type represented)

I have completely fallen in love with Spillikins/Spellicans

pointing outward toward looming predators

Nicely Crafted, Old Metal Grasshopper (Japanese Okimono?) fine whimsy and also lots of logisticsIt 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