Zushi

Traveling shrine with the deified image of Sugawara-no-Michizane considered to be the patron saint of poets and scholars. The crests on the front of the shrine are "snake's eye" (janome) and bellflower (kikyo).

Japanese, Edo period, 19th c.  

case: 6" w x 7 1/2" h x4 1/2" d
figure on stand: 5 3/4" t x 4 1/4" w x 3" d
figure alone: 3 1/2" t

JP00

Was $750
Now $450