Description RYUMIN: A WOOD AND BRASS 'GEESE' YATATE, EDO TO MEIJIBy Serizawa Ryumin (born 1826), signed Ryumin立民Japan, 19th century, late Edo Period (1615-1868) to early Meiji Period (1868-1912). The yatate comprising a wood fudezutsu (brush holder) carved with a basket weave pattern and with brass fittings decorated with a goose, and a brass sumitsubo (inkwell) with hinged lid, decorated with two geese flying towards the reflection of the moon on a water surface, signed RYUMIN to the lid.Condition: Very good condition, minor wear, and casting flaws. Provenance: The Strong National Museum of Play, accession number 78.1627 (lacquered to the interior of the inkwell). Margaret Woodbury Strong (1897-1969) grew up in a prosperous family of collectors. Her interests ranged so widely that by 1960 she had amassed more than 27,000 collectible items and works of art. The vast majority of her collections related in some way to play and as her accumulation grew, Margaret planned a museum to house her collection. It eventually opened to the public in 1982, and grew dramatically over the following decades, expanding its collections, facilities, and resources, now spanning over 285,000 square feet. Today, the Strong National Museum of Play (known as just The Strong Museum or simply The Strong) is the only collections-based museum in the world devoted solely to the study of play.Weight: 51 gDimensions: Length 15.4 cmSerizawa Ryumin is listed in Robert E Haynes, The Index of Japanese Swords Fittings and Associated Artists, vol. M-R, p.1499, reference H 07628.0. He was born in 1826, studied under Tenmin, and was active until 1887.