Shunsho (active early 20th century)An inlaid lacquer suzuribako (writing box)Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th centuryThe rounded rectangular box decorated in gold and black takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi maki-e, kinpun, inlaid mother-of pearl and simulated pewter with a scene of the Noda River with a willow tree and jakago (gabions), the interior decorated with plovers in flight against a night sky, with a removable tray fitted with a silver water dropper formed as a plum floret with a nanako finish, set in a gilt-silver saucer and an inkstone set in a silver frame, signed on the underside of the cover Shunsho and sealed ShunshoWith a wood tomobako storage box 8 x 6 3/4 x 1 1/8in (20 x 17 x 3cm)注脚ProvenancePreviously sold, Christie's, New York, September 17, 1997, lot 234