A GOLD-LACQUER KODANSU (MINIATURE CABINET)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Mounted on a stand with four cabriole legs and with a hinged door opening to reveal three drawers, constructed with rounded chiri-i (ledges) to each edge and with numerous silvered-metal or shakudō corner pieces, edge pieces, drawer pulls, and a door catch, the exterior, the drawer fronts, and the reverse of the door decorated in different tints of gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with extensive passages of gold okibirame foil mosaic and further shaped details in gold and shakudō , depicting the landscape of Yoshino, south of Nara, with rounded hills, flowering cherry trees, rustic buildings, and stylized clouds, the stand decorated with shippōzunagi (linked-cash) ornament and gold nashiji , unsigned
5 7/8 × 7 1/8 × 4 1/2in (15 × 18 × 11.5cm); 6 1/2in (16.5cm) high including stand