By Meizan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt with three vertical rectangular panels enclosing contrasting scenes, one depicting courtiers seated around the feet of a nobleman standing in front of a palanquin on the shores of a lake, numerous attendants behind him, the second showing people celebrating the New Year including a boy carrying a kite and a procession of itinerant entertainers, the third with an outdoor scene of townsmen enjoying the umemi (plum-viewing) season, with detachable en-suite cover surmounted with a finial in the form of a shishi playing with a stalk of peony, signed inside the cover with gilt seal Meizan sei; fixed on a wood stand. 14cm (5?in) high including stand. (2).