LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A KATANAKAKE [SWORD STAND]
Late Edo Period (19th Century)
Decorated in maki-e [sprinkled] lacquer on a gold nashiji ['pearskin' lacquer] with an uguisu [warbler] and other motifs from Hatsune, Chapter 23 of the eleventh-century novel Genji monogatari [The Tale of Genji]
19 9/16in. (49.7cm.)

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Lot Essay

This auspicious motif was first used on a lacquer sword stand as part of the Hatsune no chodo set of 1637-9, see Sendai-shi Hakubutsukan [Sendai City Museum], Daimyoke no konrei [Daimyo weddings] (Sendai, 2000), cat. no. 58.

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