A Japanese lacquer circular dish by Kajikawa, early Meiji period, the interior finely decorated in gilt, red and silver, depicting musicians and other figures aboard a two-storey pleasure boat with phoenix figurehead, the red underside with gilt three-character signature, diameter 29.9cm (minor nicks to rim). Note: the Kajikawa family was a renowned dynasty of traditional Japanese lacquerware artists based in Edo (now Tokyo), which flourished during the Edo and Meiji periods.