A SUPERB FIVE-CASE INRO Signed Kakosai Shozan , Edo Period (19th Century) Black lacquer ground; decoration in gold, aokin and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e , gold foil and applied shakudo , copper and silver; compartments and risers gold Gyobu nashiji ; shoulders and rims gold lacquer; signed in gold hiramaki-e on the base Kakosai Shozan with a red lacquer seal; stone ojime . On one side Raiko (Minamoto no Yoritomo, 944/8-1021) sleeping on a veranda with a stream and maples in the background; on the reverse Shoka, daughter of Yoyuki, carrying a bow and arrows and floating down to Yoritomo on a cloud in a dream. 4in. (10.1cm.) high
A SUPERB FIVE-CASE INRO Signed Kakosai Shozan , Edo Period (19th Century) Black lacquer ground; decoration in gold, aokin and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e , gold foil and applied shakudo , copper and silver; compartments and risers gold Gyobu nashiji ; shoulders and rims gold lacquer; signed in gold hiramaki-e on the base Kakosai Shozan with a red lacquer seal; stone ojime . On one side Raiko (Minamoto no Yoritomo, 944/8-1021) sleeping on a veranda with a stream and maples in the background; on the reverse Shoka, daughter of Yoyuki, carrying a bow and arrows and floating down to Yoritomo on a cloud in a dream. 4in. (10.1cm.) high
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