UEMURA ENSHU (BORN 1955) A Gold-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 Gold-Lacquer Three-Case Inro with Matching Manju Netsuke Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st centuryThe inro embellished in gold, silver, and polychrome togidashi maki-e with a famous scene after a woodblock print design by Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) from Heike monogatari (Tales of the Taira Clan), when the youthful and noble Kumagai Naozane meets his premature death at the hands of Taira no Atsumori at the Battle of Ichi no Tani, the older warrior shown on one side with a fan beckoning Kumagai standing beside his horse on the reverse, inscribed Harunobu ga on one side, signed on the base Enshu; with a manju netsuke lacquered with a warrior on horseback, unsigned; with a pale blue and green mottled glass ojime. The inro: 7.6cm (3in) high; the manju netsuke: 3.3cm (1¼in) diam.None