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Decorated in gold, silver and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane, and keuchi against a red lacquer ground with the courtier Ki no Tsurayuki holding a lantern and a parasol at night in the rain, the reverse with a Torii gate beside two large entwined pine trees, nashiji interiors and risers, fundame rims; attached carved red lacquer ojime with various blossoms in swirling water, the flower heads inlaid with pale stones
7.5 cm. (3 in.) high
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The noh play Aridoshi tells of the famous courtier Ki no Tsurayuki (872-945), the main compiler of the poetry anthology "Collection of Japanese Poems of Ancient and Modern Times" (Kokin wakashu), as he passes the shrine dedicated to the Radiant God (myojin) Aridoshi in a sudden rainstorm.

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