Eight Japanese Lacquered Portable Writing Sets, YatateLATE 19TH CENTURY/EARLY 20TH CENTURYcomprising three lacquer decorated wood examples with rounded rectangular ink reservoirs; one cinnabar lacquer example, and one red lacquer example with a small metal inlaid brass inro; two brown-ground lacquer examples, the larger with a small cinnabar lacquer single-case inro; one gold and red decorated black ground lacquer example, of elongated rectangular form, together with a black lacquer single-case inro. Length of longest 10 3/4 in., 27.3 cm.