Two ivory okimono figures

One by Yuho, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century

One by Yuho, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Comprising an Ainu hunter, standing and holding a pole on which a cormorant is perched, a quiver of arrows strapped across his back, a sword suspended from his belt at the front, fixed on a wood stand, unsigned, 17.5cm (6 7/8in) high; the second a nightwatchman, wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat, walking and carrying a lantern in one hand, clutching a gnarled stick in the other, signed on the base in red-lacquer Yuho in a rectangular reserve, 18.1cm (7 1/8in) high. (2).