A Japanese black lacquer rectangular box and cover decorated in hiramakie with two toads fishing among reeds in a river beside a weeping willow tree, looking up at a bird who is flying away with one of their nets, the interior in nashiji -- 9¾in.long, signed Tamatani; and another box and hinged cover decorated in hiramakie with an animal procession of frogs, locust and insects carrying flowers and a palanquin -- 10¾in.wide.