UEMURA ENSHU (BORN 1955) A Lacquer Three-Case Inro with Matching Manju Netsuke Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st centuryUEMURA ENSHU (BORN 1955)A Lacquer Three-Case Inro with Matching Manju Netsuke Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st centuryThe inro embellished in silver and polychrome togidashi maki-e with Yamauba and Kintoki after a woodblock print design by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), the former suckling his mother's breast on one side and a basket filled with shells on the reverse, inscribed on one side Utamaro, the interior of rich nashiji, the base of the inro signed in gold lacquer Enshu; the manju netsuke similarly lacquered with the head and shoulders of Yamauba, adjusting a comb in her coiffure, signed in gold lacquer Enshu; with a pale blue glass ojime. The inro: 7.6cm (3in) high; the manju netsuke: 3.3cm (1¼in).None