A finely etched sentoku (brass alloy) cabinet modelled as a miniature nijunoto (two-storey pagoda) By Fujii Yoshitoyo (Biho, born 1868) of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Worked predominantly in his renowned etching technique with strands of gold and silver overlaid on the sentoku with extensive chased details, constructed on two storeys raised on an integral stepped base, each storey beneath a sloping roof, the upper roof fitted with one removable drawer, the lower roof with two drawers, all with chrysanthemum bud handles, the upper roof decorated with ho-o birds, dragons, a temple complex and a bird among peonies surmounted by a tall stupa with a tama-shaped knop from which chains lead down to the roof's corners, the lower roof similarly decorated, the sides around the base with repeated foliate and geometric patterns, stamped on the base with the Mount Fuji mark of Fujii Yoshitoyo; on its original, detachable, stepped wood stand. The pagoda: 18.5cm (7¼in) high. (2). 注脚 Fujii Yoshitoyo, founder of the Fujii Damascene Company, was most famous for his 1/50 scale model of the Kinkakuji in Kyoto, sent to the Japan-British Exhibition in 1910, which is said to have taken him four years to complete, see Mochizuki Kotaro, Japan To-Day: A Souvenir of the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition Held in London 1910, (Special Number of the Japan Financial and Economic Monthly), p.587.