A GOLD-AND-BLACK-LACQUER SHIKISHIBAKO (BOX FOR STORING SQUARE POEM PAPERS)Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th centuryThe exterior of theinrobuta (flush fitting) lid decorated in gold, polychrome and silverhiramaki-e, with the poet, possibly Ariwara no Narihira seated on a rectangular mat beneath a cherry tree with petals falling on the ground, the design extending over the lid and the box, a mass of full cherry blossoms rendered in goldhiramaki-e shown on the reverse of the lid and inside the box, all against a lustrous black-lacquered ground sprinkled with riche-nashiji, the rims of silver,unsigned; with a plain wood storage box.2cm x 17.5cm x 18.5cm (¾in x 6 7/8in x 7¼in). (3).