A GOLD LACQUER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION TEBAKO [ACCESSORY BOX], ATTRIBUTED TO AKATSUKA JITOKU (1871–1936), MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A GOLD LACQUER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION TEBAKO [ACCESSORY BOX], ATTRIBUTED TO AKATSUKA JITOKU (1871–1936), MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

the rectangular box with flush-fitting cover, decorated with autumn flowers and kiku-mon [chrysanthemum family crest of the Imperial household] in gold takamaki-e with mother-of-pearl inlaid details, the interior of nashiji, applied with silver rim and fittings for a silk cord, the cover of the fitted wood box with inscription by Tomioka Hyakuren (Tessai) (1836–1924)

14.5 x 20 x 25.5 cm., 5⅝ x 77⅞ x 10⅛ in.

Princess Kaya-no-miya

For a detailed account of this important artist, who was appointed a member of the Teikoku Bijutsuin [Imperial Art Academy] in 1930, see Jan Dees, Federn, Farne, Blüten, Japanische Lacke der Meiji- und Taisho-Zeit aus den Collections Baur [Ferns, Feathers, Flowers, Japanese Lacquer of the Meiji and Taisho Periods from the Baur Collection], (Münster, 2001), pp. 152-6, where pieces in this style are dated to the period 1908-1920.

In the latter of his life, Tomioka Tessai was asked to write commemorations (san) as he was highly-recognised as a literati (bunjin).