A Gold lacquer and metal inlaid four-case inro, 19th century

applied in shakudo and gilt takazogan, one side with Benten seated on a chariot as she watches her son Akiyo, armed with his bow and arrow, aiming at a pheasant, depicted on the reverse, all reserved within a landscape with a waterfall, trees and flowers issuing from rockwork, in gold and slightly coloured takamakie, togidashi and kirigane, the interior of nashiji, unsigned