A signed Satsuma vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912, with mark of Hodota below the shimazu family crest, a baluster vase decorated with two figural narrative scenes, one depicting ladies in a garden pavilion, the other with samurai in typical attire, in muted enamels with delicate gilt paste enrichments upon a gilded cobalt ground; black bordered mark underside, height 19 cm