A four-case brown lacquer inro by Gyokuzan Tachibana, early 19th century

decorated on one side with the ghost of Taira no Tomomori, whose face is rendered in green pottery, rising from flames above waves, brandishing a halberd, leading dark images of dead samurai in sumi togidashi, depicted on the reverse, against the boats of the triumphant Minamoto fleet in the distance, the scene lacquered in gold and slight coloured takamakie and silver hiramakie, the interior of rich nashiji, signed Tachibana Gyokuzan with kao

The Museum of Asian Art, Berlin, 2001-2006