Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th centuryAlmost square, with inrobuta (flush-fitting lid), the black-lacquer ground densely withld hirame flakes and decorated chiefly inld and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with embellishments ofld and silver kirigane (square-cut flakes of foil), the rimsld fundame (matte lacquer), the exterior depicting large chrysanthemum blossoms growing by a river, hung with mist, the interior of the lid with the moon behind a rustic brushwood fence and bamboo, and a flowering bush of prunus blossom on which perches an uguisu (warbler), the interior of the box fitted with a brush tray to the right also depicting a fence, prunus, and bamboo, and a raised platform to the left holding a suzuri (ink-grinding stone) and a silver suiteki in the form of an uchiwa fanWith a wood tomobako storage box 8 7/8 x 8 1/4 x 2in (22.5 x 20.9 x 5cm)