"Small Cylindrical Box - Fans In The Waves - Japan - 19th Century"
Cylindrical kobako with two compartments in roiro lacquer, decorated in gold hiramaki-e and kin nashiji with a fan in the water. The interior in nashiji lacquer.The game of floating fans was very popular among the nobles and ladies of the court in Japan. A small river is chosen for this game. The partners gather at a specific point, and each of them places a small fan specially prepared in varnished paper on the water. While the fan is floating down the river, the person whose fan it is the owner must compose a short poem before his fan reaches a predetermined point.
Very good condition.
Diameter: 5.1 cm Height: 7.6 cm
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