By Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Finely decorated in enamels and gilt with a continuous scene possibly from the Gion matsuri (Kyoto summer festival) depicting a procession of figures around a large, elaborate tapestry-adorned festival float, a group of participants at the front clutching a rope preparing to pull the impressive portable structure with a platform above seated with musicians, the neck with trailing branches of purple and white wisteria, the foot with a band of a profusion of sprig of peonies, signed on the base with a gilt seal Yabu Meizan; with a wood storage box. 26cm (10¼in) high. (2).