Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868–1912), mid/late 19th centuryOf silver, copper, shakudo, and lacquered wood, comprising a chest supported on four bracket feet and with a carrying handle, the chest with one full-width and two half-width drawers; the top with openings for a copper brazier and ash container with lids engraved with cranes; the decoration chiefly inld, silver, and colored takamaki-e and hiramaki-e lacquer with extensive details inld foil, depicting flying cranes, pines, and prunus over a roaring torrent, the handles and rims of copper alloy 5 1/8 x 8 1/2 x 6 3/4in (13 x 21.6 x 17.1cm), excluding handle