Four-frame lacquered wood inro with netsuke, Japan, Edo period (1603-1868) Gold and brown background, decorated on one side with shidori above foaming waves against a background of pavilion roofs and pagodas. On the other side, a noble figure in the guise of the sennin Kōan (Hwang Ngan) riding a minogame turtle on the waves. The inro is accompanied by a deer antler netsuke representing a bamboo shoot. Height: 6.8 cm Wear and accidents, hole on the netsuke.