Painted by Sozan for the Kinkozan workshop, Meiji (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Finely decorated in enamels and gilt, the body with two tall rectangular panels enclosing the Rokkasen (Six Immortal Poets), Ono no Komachi, the female of the group, seated beside Sonjo Henjo standing behind a floor screen embellished with a Chinese landscape, from left to right Ariwara Narihira, Kisen Hoshi, Otomo no Kuronushi, reading a scroll and Fumiya no Yasuhide, the second panel showing an elegantly clad group of ladies enjoying the hanami (cherry-viewing) season, on a blue-midnight ground of trailing cherry blossoms, each panel signed with a seal Sozan, the base signed with an impressed seal Kinkozan tsukuru. 25.6cm (10in) high.