A four-case lacquer inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Decorated in iro-e takamaki-e, togidashi maki-e, kirikane, and hirame on a roiro-nuri ground with two figures seated working before a farmhouse by a stream, and pine and maple trees, the interior cases nashiji lacquer, signed Kajikawa saku and with a red jar seal; fitted with an iron bead ojime with blossoming plum branches in silver hirazogan and a lacquer manju netsuke decorated with a peony blossom in gold hiramaki-e, signed Kajikawa saku and with a red jar seal 2 5/8in (6.7cm) high