Catalogued by Bonhams as: “A Satsuma plate By Yabu Meizan, Meiji Period”. Offered at Bonhams, London, New Bond Street, on 2014-05-15 (sale 21861, lot 441). It realised GBP 4,750 including buyer’s premium.
Catalogue description (as published): SATSUMA A private collection (Lots 412-453) A Satsuma plate By Yabu Meizan, Meiji Period Finely decorated in enamels and gilt with a panoramic view in spring over a lake during the hanami (cherry blossom-viewing) season, several sightseers and other figures strolling along the banks lined with cherry trees in the foreground, including the mistress of a tea house beckoning for custom, two torioi (travelling female entertainer) serenading a man resting on a bamboo bench smoking tobacco, two groups of ladies with a child holding parasols and three high-spirited men skipping merrily having finished their sake, ferry boats and mountains in the distance, signed with gilt seal Yabu Meizan . 18.5cm (7¼in) diam.