A signed Satsuma vase, Meiji period, 1890-1900, with maker's mark of Hododa, the baluster vase with a waisted neck, pierced and gilded dragon handles, and decorated with figural narrative scenes to both faces, with Kannon and accompanying sages and women in a landscape setting to the reverse between chevron patterned and brocaded borders; signed underside. Height 24.5 cm