An ovoid vase painted and gilt with a scroll-shaped panel of a bearded legendary warrior holding a sword and accompanied by two followers in a rocky river landscape, the reverse with roundels of legendary figures and birds on a ground of ho-o, butterflies, wisteria and chrysanthemums, the shoulder with a narrow band of birds in flight, all between formal borders (slight gilt rubbing) -- 12in. high, signed Dai Nihon Harukawa zo.