Style of Ogawa Haritsu (1663-1747)An inlaid lacquer kodansu (miniature cabinet)Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe rectangular box with a hinged door opening to reveal three drawers, decorated on the exterior in iro-e takamaki-e on a ground of crushed shell in black lacquer with a variety of archaistic ink cakes, a writing brush and inkstone, coins, and a seal with shishi on the handle, the fittings bronze and the key for the lockplate still present, one of the ink cakes bearing the signature Ritsuo and the seal KanWith an origami (certificate) attesting to the authenticity of the box, written by Ryoshin and dated 1942 and a wood tomobako storage box 11 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 8 5/8in (29.5 x 19.5 x 22cm)注脚ProvenancePurchased from Sydney L. Moss, London, 1993PublishedEdmund J. Lewis and Joe Earle, Shadows and Reflections: Japanese Lacquer Art from the Collection of Edmund J. Lewis at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1996, cat. no.21