KAJIKAWA BUNRYŪSAI AND SHIBAYAMA MASAYASU A Gold-Lacquer and Metal Four-Case Inrō Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th centuryProperty of a ladyKAJIKAWA BUNRYŪSAI AND SHIBAYAMA MASAYASUA Gold-Lacquer and Metal Four-Case Inrō Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th centuryOf rounded rectangular profile with integral cord-runners, inlaid with shell, gold, silver, shakudō, and copper depicting a sanbasō dancer on a balcony at New Year, the background with kadomatsu (New-Year saplings) and clouds, the interior gold nashiji, the shoulders and risers gold fundame, signed on the base Kajikawa Bunryūsai saku and sealed in red lacquer Shibayama Masayasu, with a lacquered wood netsuke carved as Chinese boys playing around a tsuitate screen, signed Minkoku on an inlaid plaque, carved and lacquered wood ojime 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 3/4in (9.5 x 6.5 x 2cm)None