"Afternoon Tea" Theekist - Utagawa Kunisada & Ōtagaki Rengetsu - Tea caddy/ box - Wood

An antique Jugendstil wooden tea chest with Japanese print.
On the coffin, we see dragons, tea-drinking Geishas, and a man.
There are various Japanese characters on the tea chest.

With Google Lens, I find Ōtagaki Rengetsu 大田垣 蓮月.
(February 10, 1791 – December 10, 1875) She was a Buddhist.
Not generally considered one of the greatest.
Japanese poets of the 19th century. She was also a skilled.
a potter, a painter, and an expert calligrapher.

And also the name: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞
(1786 – January 12, 1865), also known as Utagawa Toyokuni.
III (Third Generation Utagawa Toyokuni, ukiyo-e artist.
He is considered the most popular and most productive.
a commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodcuts
In 19th-century Japan. During his lifetime, his reputation surpassed expectations.
He far surpasses his contemporaries Hokusai, Hiroshige, and Kuniyoshi.

This (rare) Japanese tea caddy is in a neat and used condition.
Probably made for the European market at the time.
Condition is good, normal age-related traces.
Dating around the turn of the century, approximately 1900.

Please see all the photos, including for measurements.
They are part of the description.
Word of course well packed and shipped.