Four-compartment inro made of gilded lacquered wood, Japan, Edo period, 18th–19th century With a kinpun background decorated in hira maki-e, taka maki-e, and kirikane in various shades of gold, silver, and brown lacquer, depicting on one side a nobleman dressed in court attire and wearing a kanmuri, seated at a small writing desk under a large thatched-roof pavilion, set on a terrace overlooking a mountainous landscape; the aristocratic figure, associated with the act of writing and the rustic setting, may evoke one of the Thirty-Six Great Poets (Sanjūrokkasen). The reverse features a landscape of wooded mountains, with pine trees and rocks. The interior is finished in nashiji lacquer. The inrō comes with its braided silk cord and a pearl-shaped glass ojime. 9.5 cm x 6 cm Scratches, very slight dent on the ojime, minute lacquer chips.