Description SADAATSU: A FINE ZESHIN-SCHOOL SET OF FIVE LACQUER TANZAKU (POEM CARDS) WITH FIVE FESTIVALS OF JAPANBy Sadaatsu, each tanzaku signed SadaatsuJapan, 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).