Property from a private collection IMAIZUMI NARIYUKI (SEISHI, ACTIVE CIRCA 1910-1950)A Black Lacquer Four-Case Inrō Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989), 20th century Of lenticular profile with applied cord runners, decorated in gold, aokin , silver, and colored hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with gold nashiji and hirame accents against a mainly gold togidashi maki-e ground, depicting Urashima Taro on the back of a minogame (bushy-tailed turtle), cradling under his right arm the box given him by the Dragon King's daughter, which she hadmanded him not to open, signed Nariyuki saku (Made by Nariyuki) with a kaō (cursive monogram); coral bead ojime 3 5/8in (9.2cm) high Provenance Aoyama Collection Christie's, London, November 10, 2010, lot 397 Few facts are known concerning the outstanding and highly versatile lacquer artist Imaizumi Nariyuki but it is thought, judging from the style of his works, that he was active from about 1910 to about 1950; the Irving Gould collection included a suzuribako with a view of Matsushima contained in a storage box signed by Nariyuki and stating that it had been viewed by the Showa Emperor on a documented visit to Ibaragi Prefecture in November 1946