Ozawa Shuraku (1830-?)An inlaid lacquer kobako (small box)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Modeled in the form of three overlapping fans decorated in gold and red takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with embellishments of hirame, kinpun and gold foil against a bright kinji ground with scenes of an ox cart beneath falling cherry blossoms, a lady's boudoir, and a Heian beauty looking out from a circular window in iro-e takazogan, the sides of the box decorated with blossoming autumn plants, the underside of the cover with geese before a fulll moon inlaid in silver and the removable inner tray with bush clover by a stream in gold takamaki-e and togidashi maki-e, the surounding areas and the interior and underside of the box finished in Gyobu nashiji, signed on the side Shuraku
5 1/4in (13.5cm) wide