A metal-inlaid four-case lacquer inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Of lenticular section bearing a fundame ground, inlaid in shakudo and gold takazogan with a continuous scene of Tekkai Sennin seated on a rocky ledge exhaling his spirit beneath a pine tree and waterfall, the landscape decorated in gold takamaki-e and togidashi maki-e embellished with kirikane and hirame, the interior cases nashiji lacquer, signed on the bottom case Kakosai and engraved signature Akimori on an inlaid gold reserve (for the metalwork); fitted with a gilt-metal bead ojime decorated with chrysanthemums in relief and a dark wood kagamibuta netsuke, the silver plate decorated with a beauty seated by a lamp admiring a bird in flight, in katakiribori and gold nunome-zogan, signed Ichimin and with a kao 3 7/8in (9.8cm) high