TWO GOLD-LACQUER INROOne by Shokasai, Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe first of upright form with five cases, decorated in different tones of goldhiramaki-e andkirikane with a continuous design of shrubs offuyo (cotton rosemallow), the interior of richnashiji,unsigned;9.5cm (3¾in) high, with a wood netsuke figure of a Bugaku dancer,unsigned,5.6cm (2¼in) high; the second of lenticular form with four-cases, decorated in Shibayama style with depicting a courtesan at Asazuma on Lake Biwa dressed in court robes and cap, seated in a boat under a willow tree, holding akotsuzumi (small drum), geese descending to shore on the reverse, signed in gold lacquer on the bottom caseShokasai;8.7cm (3 3/8in) high. (2).