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(ryoshibako - interior)
(suzuribako - interior)
236* finished in gold nashiji and silver, a partially gold-lacquered suzuri (ink
A MATCHING SET OF LACQUERED SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR stone) and a silver suiteki (water-dropper) in the form of two plum
WRITING UTENSILS) AND RYOSHIBAKO (DOCUMENT BOX) blossoms; the exterior of the ryoshibako with a blossoming plum tree
WITH DECORATION OF PLUM BLOSSOM, AUTUMN PLANTS, by a stream, the moon, and clouds, the reverse of the lid with three
AND POEMS FROM THE KOKINSHU ANTHOLOGY tanzaku (long rectangular sheets of decorated paper) inscribed with
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, circa 1912-1940 poems 40, 90, and 243 from the Kokinwakashu anthology (see below);
Of standard rectangular form with rounded chiri-i (edges) and inrobuta silver rims; the other surfaces gold nashiji; each unsigned; each with a
(flush-fitting lids), entirely covered in black lacquer and decorated lacquered-wood inscribed storage box.
mainly in gold, silver, and coloured hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, with The ryoshibako 17.3cm x 36.4cm x 45.4cm
gold hirame, kinpun, and nashiji and silver sheet; depicting on the lid (6¾in x 14 3/8in x 17 7/8in);
of the suzuribako a blossoming plum tree next to a garden fence by the suzuribako 5.4cm x 24.5cm x 27.9cm
a stream, on the reverse of the lid three overlapping shikishi (square (2 1/8in x 9 5/8in x 11in). (13).
sheets of decorated paper), the uppermost sheet with autumn plants
including hagi (bush clover, Lespedeza bicolor) and susuki (plume £15,000 - 20,000
grass, Miscanthus sinensis), the middle sheet with dyed-paper JPY2,100,000 - 2,800,000
designs, the lowest sheet with characters from poem 219 from the US$19,000 - 25,000
tenth-century Kokinwakashu anthology (see below), the interior of the
box of dense gold nashiji, fitted with a complete set of writing utensils
154 | BONHAMS For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.
