Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Rectangular, with canted corners and decorated in shades of gold, silver, and black hiramaki-e and togidashi maki-e on a rich nashiji ground decorated on the cover with the courtier Nakakuni playing flute outside the gate of Lady Kogo's villa, the underside of the cover with the cloistered lady accompanying him on the koto beneath an inlaid silver moon, the box fitted with a removable inner tray decorated with blossoming chrysanthemums, an ink stone with fundame edges, and a rectangular suiteki (water dropper) 8 7/8 x 8 1/4 x 1 1/2in (22.5 x 20.9 x 3.8cm)