A black-lacquer rectangular kobako (small box) and cover


By Nagahisa, Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, circa 1910-1920The polished roiro ground of the inrobuta (flush-fitting) cover decorated in gold and slightly coloured hiramaki-e with three ogi (folding fans) enclosing thatched buildings set on the banks of a river, the discrete details of e-nashiji, the interior with fitted with two detachable en-suite smaller boxes, similarly lacquered with almost identical designs on the outside of the covers, the interior of all the boxes of rich nashiji; the cover signed in gold lacquer at the bottom right corner Nagahisa with a kao. 7.2cm x 19.7cm x 14.4cm (2 13/16in x 7¾in x 5 5/8in). (6).
|The artist is recorded in E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Northumberland, Harehope, 1995, p.191.