Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th century The first shibuichi, chased and inlaid with a goose and reeds by a stream, signed Okamoto Koremasa with a kao; the second comprising a shakudo frame inlaid with a shakudo nanako and mixed-metal plate depicting a hare running amidst sasarindo, sarutori-ibara, and other plants, signed Nara-shi Toshiharu (Toshiharu of the Nara family) with a kao; the third comprising a copper plate within a shibuichi frame, inlaid in mixed metals with monkeys playing with Kintaro's giant axe, signed on the side Nara Toshiharu kore o tsukuru (Nara Toshiharu made this); the fourth shakudo inlaid in gold in Kaga-zogan style with insects, the reverse engraved with flowering plants, unsigned; the fifth comprising a shakudo plate within a gilt frame, decorated in mixed metals with a fan and jewel-like emblems, signed Jisso and with an inscription; the sixth shakudo nanako inlaid in gilt metal with two crests, signed Shimizu Yoshiaki saku (Made by Shimizu Yoshiaki); the seventh shibuichi, engraved and inlaid with a flowering branch that continues onto the reverse, signed Noritsura; the eighth shakudo nanako inlaid in mixed metals with Nitta no Shiro wrestling with a giant boar under Mount Fuji, the reverse engraved with waves, signed Teikan saku (Made by Teikan [Sadamoto]); the ninth comprising a shakudo nanako plate within a gilt frame, decorated in gilt relief somewhat in Mino-Goto style with a mass of chrysanthemums, unsigned; the tenth shibuichi inlaid in mixed metals with a serving woman bringing a picnic to peasants planting out rice seedlings engraved in katagiribori on the reverse, signed Shiunsai Hirochika; with eight wood storage boxes. (18).