A gold-lacquer three-case inro and matching manju netsuke


By Uemura Enshu (born 1955), Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st centuryDecorated in gold lacquer and polychrome togidashi maki-e with a continuous scene of four itinerant entertainers beneath cherry blossoms, three dancing and one playing the shamisen, the interior of rich nashiji, signed on the base Enshu; with a gold-lacquer manju netsuke embellished with a spiral design, unsigned. The inro: 7.2cm (2 5/8in) high; the manju netsuke: 2.7cm (1in) diameter.