AN INLAID AND GOLD-LACQUER MATCHING SET OF BUNDAI (WRITING DESK) AND SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid 19th century (10)AN INLAID AND GOLD-LACQUER MATCHING SET OF BUNDAI (WRITING DESK) AND SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS)Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid 19th centuryConceived in the manner of Ogata Korin, both decorated on the kinji ground in gold takamaki-e and applied with inlays of shell and pewter with the famous scene Azuma-kudari (Journey to the East) from Chapter Nine of Ise monogatari (The Tales of Ise) in which the courtier-poet Ariwara no Narihira and his followers stop to admire the celebrated Yatsuhashi (Eight-Stage Bridge) over an iris pond in the Province of Mikawa; the bundai of standard form with fudegaeshi (raised sections to left and right), the ten silver fittings to the corners and sides of the top and the ends of the fudegaeshi, decorated with irises growing over the Yatsuhashi, inscribed on the underside in raised gold lacquer Hokkyo Korin with seal Korin; the suzuribako rounded and rectangular with a domed kabusebuta (overhanging lid) with Ariwara on horseback on the exterior, the interior of the lid with Yatsuhashi bridge over an iris pond, the interior of the box similarly lacquered to one side with stems of irises, with a fitted frame and ita (baseboard), containing the suzuri (ink-grinding stone), a metal rectangular suiteki (water dropper), one writing brush, one paper pricker and one paper knife, unsigned; with two lacquered-wood storage boxes, one inscribed Korin maki-e suzuribako (Maki-e Box for Writing Utensils by Korin) and the other inscribed Korin maki-e bundai (Maki-e Writing Desk by Korin). The bundai: 13cm x 60cm x 33.5cm (5 1/8in x 23 3/8in x 13 1/16in); the suzuribako: 3cm x 23.2cm x 21.2cm (1¼in x 8 5/16in x 8 5/16in). (10).None