A four-case inro decorated in aogai and mura-nashiji on a roironuri ground with figures beside huts in a wooded river landscape, the ends decorated with geometric patterns (scratches) -- 3¼in.long, glass ojime and wood manju netsuke decorated in gold takamakie and inlaid in mother-of-pearl and coral with a butterfly in flight above roses.

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A four-case inro decorated in aogai and mura-nashiji on a roironuri ground with figures beside huts in a wooded river landscape, the ends decorated with geometric patterns (scratches) -- 3¼in.long, glass ojime and wood manju netsuke decorated in gold takamakie and inlaid in mother-of-pearl and coral with a butterfly in flight above roses.
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