SHOKASAI (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY)A four-case metal-inlaid lacquer inroEdo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe rounded rectangular inro decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi maki-e and hirame against a kinji ground with Fujiwara no Yasumasa playing the flute in the moonlight while the bandit Hakamadare Yasusuke lurks nearby, each applied figure rendered in iro-e takazogan, the interior cases nashiji, signed Shokasai 3 1/8in (8.5cm) high注脚ProvenancePreviously sold, Bonhams, London, November 11, 2010, lot 155