Lot Essay
Kojima Takanori fought in the battle of Genko for the Emperor Godaigo. They lost and when the Emperor was to be exiled, Takanori carved the poem as a message to him.
LACQUER
TWO LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS
19TH CENTURY AND LATE 16TH CENTURY RESPECTIVELY
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TWO LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS
19th Century and late 16th Century respectively
The first, a gold lacquered box shaped as two rectangular boxes decorated in gold hiramakie, iroe hiramakie, okibirame and inlay depicting Kojima Takanori writing a poem on a cherry tree, the sides similarly decorated with a stylized ho-o bird, hare and flowerheads, nashiji interior; and a roironuri ground cylindrical box decorated in gold hiramakie, hirame and mother-of-pearl inlay with vine leaves, cherry blossom and a cart, (some old wear)
10.6cm. and 8.3cm. high (2)
19th Century and late 16th Century respectively
The first, a gold lacquered box shaped as two rectangular boxes decorated in gold hiramakie, iroe hiramakie, okibirame and inlay depicting Kojima Takanori writing a poem on a cherry tree, the sides similarly decorated with a stylized ho-o bird, hare and flowerheads, nashiji interior; and a roironuri ground cylindrical box decorated in gold hiramakie, hirame and mother-of-pearl inlay with vine leaves, cherry blossom and a cart, (some old wear)
10.6cm. and 8.3cm. high (2)