ARTISTS
Shoryusai
An Inlaid Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century, 19th century
Inlaid Gold-Lacquer, Decorated in gold, brown, and red takamaki-e and kirikane with embellishments inlaid in pewter and shell, depicting the famous duel between Benkei and Yoshitsune on Gojo Bridge, Ushiwakamaru (the young Yoshitsune) beneath the full moon crossing the Gojo Bridge, entirely covered with a white cloth on one side and Benkei holding a halberd on the reverse, the interior of dense nashiji; with a lacquered ojime in the form of a carapace, and a shakudo netsuke in the form of a bell
7.1 cm
