A massive three-case inro decorated in hiramakie and red and black lacquer on a kinji ground with an oni holding a halberd and leaping off a balcony above a pine tree, the reverse with a saddled and caparisoned horse tethered to the trunk of a tree, the interior decorated with cloud scrolls on a roironuri ground (chip to one corner, restored) -- 6in.high, signed.

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A massive three-case inro decorated in hiramakie and red and black lacquer on a kinji ground with an oni holding a halberd and leaping off a balcony above a pine tree, the reverse with a saddled and caparisoned horse tethered to the trunk of a tree, the interior decorated with cloud scrolls on a roironuri ground (chip to one corner, restored) -- 6in.high, signed.
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