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A GOLD-LACQUER KODANSU (CABINET) gold high relief with a bush-warbler on the The original waka poem featured in this
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, veranda, both doors opening to reveal within cabinet is as follows:
early 20th century five drawers similarly lacquered with pine trees
The rich kinji ground sumptuously decorated in fenced garden and on the inside of the とし月を / まつにひかれて / ふる人に /
with a continuous view of the garden and doors a palanquin stationed beneath flowering 今日うぐひすの / 初音きかせよ
veranda of the Rokujo Mansion, surrounded cherry branches and willow trees, applied with Toshitsuki o / matsu ni hikarete / furuhito ni /
by pines, flowering plum trees, and cut pine silvered-metal mounts chased with scrolling kyo uguisu no / hatsune kikaseyo
saplings, lacquered in predominantly gold foliage; unsigned; with a black-lacquered The old one’s eye is / caught by pines
takamaki-e with profuse highlights of mura- wood storage box. reminding her / of passing months and
nashiji, Gyobu nashiji, and kirikane, the top, 24.5cm x 27.1cm x 18cm years— / she hopes today she’ll hear the
front, left and inside of the cabinet scattered (9 5/8in x 10 5/8in x 7 1/8in). (2). song / of spring’s first warbler.
with 17 characters inlaid in solid gold from a
waka poem from Chapter 23, Hatsune (The £8,000 - 12,000 The Hatsune chapter tells of Prince Genji
First Warbler), of Genji Monogatari (The Tale JPY1,200,000 - 1,800,000 visiting his daughter in Lady Murasaki’s
of Genji), the right hinged door inlaid in solid US$11,000 - 16,000 quarters in his Rokujo Mansion and the
Akashi Lady (mother of his daughter) sending
bamboo baskets of gifts and an artificial
uguisu (bush-warbler) on a fabricated branch
of plum blossom.

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