Lot 7
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A SET OF SUZURIBAKO [BOX FOR WRITING-UTENSILS] AND RYOSHIBAKO [WRITING PAPER-BOX]
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A SET OF SUZURIBAKO [BOX FOR WRITING-UTENSILS] AND RYOSHIBAKO [WRITING PAPER-BOX]

UNSIGNED, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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A SET OF SUZURIBAKO [BOX FOR WRITING-UTENSILS] AND RYOSHIBAKO [WRITING PAPER-BOX]
Unsigned, Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
Kinji ground; decoration in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and togidashi-e with gold and silver foil and silver inlay; interior nashiji; rims gold lacquer

The lid of the writing-box with a riverside residence; the interior with chrysanthemums by a stream; removable tray with two brushes, a paper-pricker, a paper-knife, and ink-stick; gilt copper suiteki [water-dropper] formed as a flying crane; ink-stone with gold-lacquered rim; exterior of the paper-box with a continuous waterscape of pine-studded shores, tall cliffs and two boats
Suzuribako 1 7/8 x 9½ x 10½in. (4.8 x 24.3 x 26.5cm.)
Ryoshibako 6 7/8 x 13¼ x 17 1/8 in. (17.5 x 33.6 x 43.5cm.)
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Lot Essay

The loose combination of pine-studded shores, sailing boats and deserted pavilions may refer indirectly to Suma, Sumiyoshi and Suminoe, seaside locations in the vicinity of present-day Osaka much associated with Heian-period (794-1185) poems of exile and solitude1

1 Saeki Umetomo (ed.), Kokinwakashu [A collection of poems ancient and modern] (Tokyo, 1958), nos. 708, 906, 962.

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