As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this very fine example of a Meiji Period 1868-1912 Satsuma vase by the most coveted of all Satsuma artists, Yabu Meizan 1853-1934, the main body of the vase is extensively and finely decorated with a traditional Daimyo procession ( daimo gyoretsu), the various characters include men dressed as Tengu and Shi Shi, both mythical creatures revered and thought of as protectors of the Shinto religion, multiple groups of priests are finely enameled in white costumes and carrying portable shrines, packages and Saka trees adorned with cut papers (gohei), the extensive procession guarded by heavily armored samurai upon horseback and on foot. Yabu has gone to painstaking detail with the use of sixteen fine enamel floral lappets as the foot decoration to this particular vase, unusually the lappets moulded in relief prior to decoration , the shoulders of the vase depict a fine quality mountainous landscape scene that includes...