Each vase constructed of five detachable sections, of typical early-Meiji form, the tall body resting on a separate revolving dais supported by three crouching oni (demons), the base, mouth and shoulder with extensive flat silver inlay of formal, floral and geometric patterns, the edges of the revolving plate decorated with gold, shibuichi and silver relief seashells and seaweed, the long handles formed as hares swimming over waves, the bodies lavishly decorated in high-relief inlay of gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi with four distinct scenes (two on each vase) within a sunken panel: (1) Kajikawa Kagesue racing across the Uji River (2) A lady in court dress standing on the seashore holding a shaku (sceptre) aloft (3) The poetess Ono no Komachi washing a book with water to show that verses have been fraudulently added to the text (4) A mounted samurai general on the seashore holding his fan aloft; each vase signed on the base Dainihon Etchu no ju Fujibayashi Minechika (the second character almost obliterated by a hole drilled to convert the vase to electric light).
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