JAPON, fin du XIXème ou début du XXème siècle Incense box in lacquer, with carved decoration in high relief of black lacquer of DARUMA on a reed branch and KANNON at the side of a Dragon, the whole on a background of red lacquer (Tsushu) representing the waves (Seigaiha). Signed in a cartouche: ITTÔYÔ. Meiji/Taisho period. H. 5 cm - Diam. 10 cm. A few scratches from use; a few chips; small chips on the foliage. Henmi TÔYÔ (1846-1920) began his career in 1864 as a sword smith in Okayama under the name Chikkansai Yoshitaka. He then turned to wood and bamboo carving, but above all to lacquerware, where he excelled.