TWO SMALL JAPANESE KODANSU (LACQUER CABINETS) AND POEM CARDS

TWO SMALL JAPANESE KODANSU (LACQUER CABINETS) AND POEM CARDS
EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

One of long rectangular form with four small drawers to the side, decorated in gold hiramaki-e, fundame and kirikane on a black roiro ground with pavilions in mountainous river landscapes, the top with a waterfall; the taller cabinet with two front drawers, decorated to the sides and back with many birds flying amongst flowering prunus branches, rendered in gold hiramaki-e and nashiji on a roiro ground; the drawers containing a set of four hundred and two uta garuta (poem cards) for the Hyakunin Isshu game, each hand-written in sumi ink and with a silver leaf backing; 18cm x17.3cm x 10.2cm max. (410)

Provenance: the Tomkinson Family Collection.