Property of various owners A LACQUER POEM CARD BOXMeiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, circa 1910 The shallow rectangular box slightly concave, lacquered in gold takamaki-e and gold, silver, and red togidashi maki-e with embellishments of hirame on a glossy roiro-nuri ground, the exterior decorated with a shrine bell on a rope and the interior with a torii gate partially obscured by cryptomeria trees, the edges finished in fundame With a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Maki-e tanzakubako 15 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 1 1/2in (38.7 x 8.5 x 3.7cm) None