Anonymous
Late Edo/ Meiji period, 18th/19th century
1868-1912
Miniature Kago
A miniature Kago (Palanquin) of typical tapering rectangular form, with carrying pole, lacquered all over in black roiro ground with cherry blossom mon and scrolling foliage in gold hiramaki-e, the sides with sliding doors painted on the interior with flying cranes and pine tree pictures and fitted with a silk mat, the whole mounted with bronze fittings
This miniature palanquin (an enclosed conveyance on poles supported by bearers and used to transport a seated person) would have been displayed during the Doll Festival, which was dedicated to the young girls of the household, who often received sets of dolls and miniature furnishings of this type at birth or on their first birthday.
Photo Nippon Yusen Kaisha from the book “Peoples Of All Nations”.
Unsigned
31cm x 33.5cm x 25cm
the carrying pole 92.7cm