Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Rectangular with hinged door opening to reveal three drawers, decorated in two shades of gold and silver takamaki-e, black hiramaki-e, and inlays of mother-of-pearl against a dense nashiji maki-e ground with butterflies and long-tailed birds in arrangements of flowering vines, the interiors with a continuation of the design on a kinji ground with embellishments of kirikane and e-nashiji, the carrying handle formed as interlocking blossoms and stems, the silver hardware carved with vines on a nanako ground, the chrysanthemum drawer-pulls gilt metal With two lacquered-wood tomobako storage boxes, the interior box inscribed on the cover Cho tori ho henso hana no mon maki-e sagedansu