SADAATSU: A FINE ZESHIN-SCHOOL SET OF FIVE LACQUER TANZAKU (POEM CARDS) WITH FIVE FESTIVALS OF JAPAN By Sadaatsu, each tanzaku signed Sadaatsu Japan, Tokyo, c. 1880, Meiji period (1868-1912) Published: Grace Tsumugi Fine Art, Japanese Works of Art, Exhibition 28 October – 20 November 2020, London, no. 27. Each carved wood tanzaku (poem card) decorated in superb iro-e maki-e lacquer with designs associated with five festivals of Japan; from left to right: a buriburi toy for the New Year`s celebration, a pair of dolls of an emperor and an empress for the Hinamatsuri festival in March, a samurai tachi sword for tango no sekku (boy`s festival) in May, a half-opened curtain for the Tanabata star viewing festival in July and a water vessel for the chrysanthemum festival in September. Each signed to the lower right within a rectangular reserve SADAATSU. SIZE 63.4 x 69.8 cm (including frame) and 7 x 38.5 (each tanzaku) Condition: Excellent condition, only very minor wear to lacquer. Provenance: Formerly with Grace Tsumugi Fine Art, London. Each tanzaku set inside a silk brocade panel and framed within a black-lacquered frame behind plexiglass. Auction comparison: Compare a closely related framed panel with five lacquer tanzaku by Shibata Zeshin, sold at Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art, Part VI, 10 November 2015, London, lot 159 ( sold for 25,000 GBP ). Also compare to a set of two lacquer panels, one featuring the same tachi as the present lol, by Shibata Zeshin, sold at Christie`s, Japanese and Korean Art, 18 March 2014, New York, lot 488 ( sold for 12,500 USD ).