SMALL INCENSE CABINET – ‘KÔDANSU’ made of lacquered wood enhanced with chiselled copper fittings; rectangular in shape, opening on one short side via a door revealing three drawers; the drawers and the reverse of the door are decorated in gold hiramaki-e with maple leaves and chrysanthemums on a nashiji background, the exterior, against a black background, is decorated with fan-shaped cartouches on the sides and with birds and flowers on the door. (Signs of wear to the gold lacquer on some cartouches; lacquer losses; the bottom drawer is difficult to pull out; the key is missing). Japan, Meiji period, c. 1900. LACQUERED WOOD INCENSE CABINET, ‘KÔDANSU’, JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD, CA. 1900. DIM. 22.5 × 18 × 27.5 cm (8 7/8 × 7 1/16 × 10 13/16 in.)