A gold-lacquered shodana (display cabinet) Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Supported on a removable, rectangular cabriole-legged base, comprising two pairs of hinged cupboard doors, one at the top and one at the bottom, one set of sliding doors, staggered shelves and two drawers, decorated in gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirikane, and Gyobu nashiji with rural scenes depicting a waterfall or a stream winding through thatched dwellings on an embankment, the open surfaces in the form of fans decorated with overlapping assorted crests interwoven among autumn foliage and flowers, the narrow sides flanking the doors embellished with stylised butterflies, the remaining sides with plum and chrysanthemum blossoms echoing the front of the stand, the reverse scattered with similar assorted crests on a nashiji ground; unsigned. The cabinet: 52.5cm x 47cm (20 5/8in x 18½in); the stand: 17cm x 54cm (6 5/8in x 21¼in). (2).