A cigarette case and card holder, Japan, Komai, Meiji period (1868-1912) - The black patinated and gold inlaid iron case with bamboo decoration, inside a Nihon Koku Kyoto Ju Komai Sei seal - 日本国京東住駒井製. 8.2 x 7.4 cm. - Black patinated iron card holder decorated on one side with two crouching young oiran inlaid with gold and silver. On the reverse, Mount Fuji and two tsuru in flight inlaid using the same technique, lower left, a seal with the mark Nihon Koku Kyoto Ju Komai Sei - 日本国京東住駒井製. 9.3 x 5.2 cm Slightly matted.