UEMURA ENSHU (BORN 1955) A Gold-Lacquer Three-Case Inro with Matching Netsuke Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st centuryUEMURA ENSHU (BORN 1955)A Gold-Lacquer Three-Case Inro with Matching Netsuke Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st centuryOf upright form, decorated in gold and polychrome togidashi maki-e with a scene from the famous kabuki play Sukeroku, one side depicting the courtesan Agemaki standing before Sukeroku, seated and leaning back, holding a pipe between his toes, offering it to the elderly and vicious samurai Ikyu shown on the other side, the interior of rich nashiji, signed on the base Enshu; with a netsuke in the form of a wood bucket filled with water inlaid in shell, unsigned; with a pale blue glass ojime. The inro: 7.6cm (3in) high; the netsuke: 1.9cm (¾in) high.None